I came home from Cleveland after Christmas replete with holiday goodies, and feeling as if (ha) I might never again be very hungry. I know from experience that this sort of bloat can vanish suddenly, and leave a person rummaging for crusts, but it hasn't happened so far. This is a good thing, because there was just not much food in the house, and I haven't been in the mood for hauling a lot of...
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I grew up, like most Americans, eating a tomato meat sauce on my spaghetti which had no real Italian source, except in the imagination. In my neighborhood, it was sometimes called "Jewish spaghetti". I later learned that the same dish, more or less, was called "Irish spaghetti" in my husband's family.This is a dish which has been so assimilated that it is hard to believe it was ever seen as foreign, even exotic. But it...
I have done some nattering here about buffalo meat, which I like very much, despite my irrational aversion to most meats not familiar to me from childhood. I think it tastes very like beef, only even better, sweeter, cleaner. Until recently, though, I'd only had the ground meat, which was all that was available to me locally. Recently, I found a "minimally processed" (whatever that means), "additive free" 2 pound buffalo chuck roast (it magically...
This year my friend Ellen had a really good Christmas idea. Those of us who have dinner together most every Friday night, and usually buy each other Christmas presents, would forego the gifts, and spend our Christmas dollars on a fantastic dinner together. We made reservations for seven at Davio's, and this was a very, very good choice. I was the only one among us who hadn't been there before, though I've been hearing about...
I have been keeping a lid on (ack, involuntary, sorry) my cookware acquisitions for some time, for several reasons. The most pressing is that I am not rolling in money, and am saving for a trip to England this summer, for a family wedding I don't want to miss. More obvious reasons include the fact that I don't need any cookware, and there is no room in my apartment kitchen for a single thing more....
At the Kennywood Amusement Park, when I was a whippersnapper loving the rollercoasters and fearing the Ferris Wheel, there was a lot of food of the sort that appeals primarily to the young and very hungry. Much of it was destined to cause alarming rumblings in tummies that went upside down, and spun all around. There were the usual corndogs, cotton candy, caramel corn mixed with peanuts, and iceballs topped with brilliantly colored chemicals. Among...
It may come as a disappointment to some (eg. you, Lynn, but no doubt others as well) that I have not forgotten the Root Beer Project. Rather, I have been awaiting the delayed arrival of my root beer selections from the Soda King. The order is finally on its way-I got the email notifcation on Wednesday, and, sorry, but my fascination has been rekindled. (Not that it was ever de-kindled; it's been lying in wait...
I went to hear Jacques Pepin give a talk, and at first I didn't think I was going to be able to hear much of what he had to say. The Carnegie Music Hall here in Pittsburgh was pretty much filled, even in the 2nd balcony, and his French accent, combined with some acoustic muffling, had me straining to understand every third word. Eventually the random noises settled, and I adjusted to the accent. It...
Those food writers and books about food which feature the most interesting prose do not uniformly offer the finest recipes. When it all comes in one package, there is no greater treat for an obsessive reader and cook. With or without the literary bonus, reliable recipe writers are rare, and friends forever. They are our benefactors, who should not be overlooked, and cannot be overpraised. With their recipes, I can begin cooking something I have...
You see before you everything I bought on my trip to New York, with the exception of a postcard (and, of course, things eaten on the spot). It was a MOMA postcard- of a Picasso still life, cubist, predominantly green. It is a favorite of mine, and I was delighted to see the real thing, for the first time. It was every bit as terrific as I thought it would be. I was going to...
By Elizabeth Yarnell
www.GloriousOnePotMeals.com
Kids are back in school full swing. So what does that mean for your child’s diet? Hopefully not a strict diet of fast food five days a week as you run to football practices and dance lessons. The start of the school year can indeed be a busy time for families, but it is possible to make healthy meals even with time constraints. It just takes a little know-how.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Really not ready for the Weekend Cat blogging thing, but couldn't resist a one time display of feline follies. Despite some helpful tips from Kimberly, whose cats and cat photos are truly beautiful, I'm still hopeless with the cat photography. The only reason this one isn't a total blur like all the others I've taken is that they were sleeping when I started to snap the shutter. Sidney's been on Archie's back, literally, since she...
Just wanted to let you know, that if you live in the apple-growing regions of North America-the honeycrisps have arrived. The best apple ever, IMHO, for eating out of hand, and the season lasts only a few weeks. They keep pretty well in the fridge, though, so I've stuffed mine full of as many as I could get. I have gone on about these apples so effusively already that I feel it would be unseemly...
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