Category: Food News

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Ghoulish Goodies

October 29, 2021

Check this out — a recent cookbook all about Halloween, for kids young and old: Ghoulish Goodies: Creature Feature Cupcakes, Monster Eyeballs, Bat Wings, Funny Bones, Witches’ Knuckles, and Much More! (Frightful Cookbook), by Sharon Bowers (2009). Eat, drink, and enjoy the creepy yuckiness of Monster Eyeballs, Chocolate Spider Clusters, Buried Alive Cupcakes, and Screaming … More Saints, Souls, and Haints: Ghoulish Goodies

Julia Child’s “The French Chef, ” by Dana Polan

July 17, 2012

“a history of early American television telescoped through the persona and history of Julia Child. . . . fascinating . . .” When you walk the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, you can’t miss the lingering traces of heroes and history. From the names of the men who brought you the Boston Tea Party to the … More Julia Child’s “The French Chef, ” by Dana Polan

War. Cook. Eat. Love.

April 10, 2012

Annia Ciezadlo, author of Day of Honey* (Free Press, 2011) , isn’t the first person to cook her way through trying times. Nor will she be the last. But the makeshift kitchens where Ms. Ciezadlo peeled purple eggplant or stirred onions caramelizing for Mjadara Hamra (Lentils with Bulgur Wheat) happened to be in a couple … More War. Cook. Eat. Love.

The Ancient Sin of Gluttony: What’s Really Behind the Shunning of Paula Deen

January 26, 2012

We need strategies that do not drag us back to the dispositional focus of the Inquisition’s witch-hunts, that propelled the notion of the “Satan Within,” when much good and evil is the product of situational and systemic forces acting on the same ordinary, often good people.  ~~ Philip Zimbardo  It’s been with a great deal … More The Ancient Sin of Gluttony: What’s Really Behind the Shunning of Paula Deen

Michel de Montaigne: “Literally” an Ancestor?

September 25, 2011

Great article by Sarah Bakewell, on Paris Review site from November 2010: What Bloggers Owe [Michel de] Montaigne Don’t forget that Michel wrote about cannibalism, relating it to ethical issues. Read his essays in translation HERE. A taste, if I may be so bold:  I am not sorry that we notice the barbarous horror of … More Michel de Montaigne: “Literally” an Ancestor?

New Clothes Always Help

July 28, 2011

Today Gherkins & Tomatoes / Cornichons & Tomates begins its fourth year of blogging by donning a new look. The  new design minimizes sidebar distractions, allowing readers to focus on the latest post. Sleek, like a little black dress without even a string of pearls …