food + cooking
A Whole (Other) Beast
This article is about eating the hell out of whatever you've got. Pig is easy. What about a less revered ingredient? What about broccoli?
11.29.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- produce,
- vegetable,
- cookbooks,
- ian knauer
food + cooking
Shooting Down Dinner
Thoughts run through my mind in the run-up to my first quail hunt. Thoughts like How do you turn the safety on again?
11.28.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- meat,
- southern u.s.,
- john t. edge
food + cooking
It’s Pretty Easy Eating Greens
Italy and Virgina meet at the Thanksgiving table.
11.28.07
- Keywords
- robert pincus,
- ingredients,
- vegetable,
- seasonal,
- cookbooks
food + cooking
Classic Cookbooks: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
If you wanted to sum up the food of my childhood in two
words, they would be Fannie Farmer.
05.16.07
- Keywords
- kemp m. minifie,
- culinary culture,
- cookbooks,
- marion cunningham
food + cooking
The Endorsement: Fish for Breakfast
"What are you eating?" said my friend,
entering the kitchen this morning. My mouth was full, and I didn't realize she
had woken up yet.
04.25.07
- Keywords
- alan sytsma,
- culinary culture,
- seafood,
- scandinavian
food + cooking
Lined Up
Reynolds (as in, Reynolds Wrap) must have research somewhere that says I'm
in some sort of purchasing minority in that 1) I don't generally want to cook
my food in nylon and 2) I find slow cookers to be pretty easy to clean....
03.08.07
- Keywords
- alan sytsma,
- cooking + technique
food + cooking
Persnickety Persimmons
I'm lucky enough to have a friend in Sonoma County who has a persimmon tree. On a recent visit, I ate my fill of soft, ripe persimmons.
12.16.06
- Keywords
- lillian chou,
- ingredients,
- fruit,
- sonoma
food + cooking
Forgive Me, Grandpa
As someone who grew up drinking tea made from the tea plant, I long objected to herbal teas (or infusions or tisanes or t-fusions).
11.27.07
- Keywords
- francis lam,
- beverage,
- asian,
- african
food + cooking
Gourgeous Gougères
Gougères are basically éclairs with cheese and herbs added at the last moment. They’re so simple and delicious it feels like cheating.
11.21.07
- Keywords
- cooking + technique,
- cheese,
- french,
- pastry,
- robert pincus
food + cooking
If a Noodle Could Teach the World to Sing
Koreans eat soups filled with rice cakes with rice. That's like eating a roll between two slices of bread!
11.20.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- asian,
- korean,
- chinese,
- francis lam