Ah yes, the traditional Thanksgiving menu; let’s assemble the parade of protein and starch shall we? Turkey (of course!) with some kind of stuffing usually involving bread; mashed potatoes, or a creamy, cheesy, potato gratin; sweet potatoes, (no, they are not yams!) with or without marshmallows, as you like; maybe some preparation of turnips or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘recipes’
Preventing Scurvy at Thanksgiving
Posted in Farmers' Market Cooking, recipes, tagged brussels sprouts, green vegetables, recipes, Thanksgiving on November 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Friday Night Pre-Market Dinner
Posted in Farmers' Market Cooking, recipes, tagged cooking from the farmers' market, farro, rainbow chard, recipes on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was going to title this article “Friday Night Cleaning Out the Fridge Dinner.” But somehow the image of cleaning out the fridge leads to unfortunate thoughts of fruits and vegetables past their time and even mold. Not very appetizing really. So I started thinking like a restaurateur or a marketer. Friday Night Pre-Market Dinner [...]
Rediscovering the Soft Boiled Egg
Posted in Food Safety, recipes, Traditional Foodways, tagged recipes, salmonella, soft boiled eggs on November 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Soft boiled eggs are oddly comforting and yet luxurious at the same time. Maybe it’s because I’ve most often encountered them while staying in a cozy bed and breakfast somewhere in Europe, run by a kind grandmotherly type. Who can resist the lady in the frilly apron asking, “would you like more toast dear?” Recently [...]
Is Slow Food Really Slow? Baking Bread at Home
Posted in recipes, Traditional Foodways, tagged baking bread, recipes, slow food on November 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
For almost a hundred years admen (and yes, they have mostly been men) have been telling us, “cooking is hard; let’s go shopping.” In particular, they want us to shop for processed foods like cake mix and canned chicken stock. But is it really that hard to make these, and other things at home, the [...]
This Little Piggy Went in the Oven
Posted in Cooking with Offal, recipes, Traditional Foodways, tagged Cooking with Offal, fergus henderson, recipes on October 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Remember that game your mother or grandmother used to play with you? This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home. Or maybe you’ve played it with your lover, grabbing their toes and making them squirm with laughter. Well, Fergus Henderson, Britain’s Minister of Offal, thinks about romance in a slightly different way. [...]
Autumn is Coming, the Pig is Getting Fat
Posted in Cooking with Offal, Food History, recipes, Traditional Foodways, tagged Cooking with Offal, pork pate, recipes on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In pre-World War II Brittany, Autumn was the traditional time to slaughter the pig. The celebration was often called a boudinnerie after the blood pudding that might be made or perhaps a gratonnerie if pork cracklings were on the menu. All the parts of the pig were used to make a large variety of dishes [...]
Novel Dishes on Fiction Writers Review
Posted in Fiction Writers Review, Food and Fiction, tagged Food and Fiction, recipes, time traveler's wife on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note to let you know about some other food-related writing I’m doing. The editor of the online literary magazine Fiction Writers Review has asked me to do an occasional series about food and fiction called “Novel Dishes.” For each series we’ll choose a novel where food is an important theme, supporting the [...]
