THIS MUCH I KNOW IS TRUE (WITH APOLOGIES TO WALLY LAMB) … 1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die
My copy of 1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die arrived the other day. And if nothing else, this …
Monthly Archives: September 2008
WAR & DROUGHT THREATEN AFGHAN FOOD SUPPLY: HUNGER IN AFGHANISTAN
A story in the 9/19/08 New York Times, “War & Drought Threaten Afghan Food Supply,” brings home the very real …
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO …
One potato, two potato, three potato, four, five potato, six potato, seven potato more. Icha bacha, soda cracker, Icha bacha …
An Apple a Day
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Folk proverb One of autumn’s most anticipated pleasures — aside from football …
BARBECUE = BARBARIC? A SHORT, SUCCINCT HISTORY
The All-American favorite cooking method, “barbecue,” sounds uncannily like “barbarism.” When warm nights and hotter days rev up cooks’ tempers …
White Beans with Cream, Prosciutto, and Parmesan
Autumn teases you, you know, with its chilly mid-September mornings, urging you to dream of sitting outside on cool evenings, …
Food Network Magazine Launches on October 14
Just when you thought that the ‘Net finished digging the print media’s grave, along comes a behemoth, Hearst Magazines, and …
Monkey Bread, But It’s Not What You Think: Baobabs – Africa’s Upside-Down “Cream of Tartar” Trees
They carried me to a particular spot where I saw a herd of antelopes; but I laid aside all thoughts …
CHILI DAYS ARE A’COMIN’: AN ODE, OF A SORTS
“Open some cans of chili – mighty good.” -Toots Shor’s recipe for chili- Chili, the stuff of tall tales, legends, …
Lefse, Food of Exile
“Yew tak yust ten big potatoes Den yew boil dem till dar done.” ~~Beginning of a lefse recipe~~ Term: lefse …
