Buona frittura
… and that would be the extent of my Italian. But not my fortuna. Because I made this zucchini-ricotta fritter recipe from Mario Batali from Food and Wine the other day, modified with the gluten-free...
View ArticleDoes an artificial “food” product count?
Does it count that I am DELIGHTED that the ginormous supermarket where I now do the shopping (way more processed food, far fewer organics and gluten-free things but good produce and meat nevertheless,...
View ArticleOn eating and not, with links
Jen from Knitting Interrupted and I have been having some Facebook and email conversations about food centered around food allergies and the other day she posted a link to a nutritionist whose blog...
View ArticleUnrepentant Food Pr0n Slideshow
The wonderful J. of Fond of Snape and I got together a bit ago and made a pilgrimage to Massachusetts’ very first Wegmans, that temple of gastronomic glee. They have so many dried goods and house...
View ArticleI like to keep my issues strong.
The temptation to be That Chick who just posts statuses on Facebook that are YouTube links to the Soundtrack of her Really Sad, Tragic Life is really strong these days, but I’m 37 and I like to hope...
View ArticleGluten-free article in the NYT v. cooking out of the box
There’s an article in the NYT last night/this morning that’s called “Should We All Go Gluten-Free?” For the most part, I don’t care for the fact that it ends up being a bit of a puff piece for General...
View ArticleCurry, not so hurried
“I have just the thing to do with those chicken thighs that you bought,” called his voice up the stairs. ($0.99/lb family pack chicken thighs, bought in gross lot and broken down into four-packs,...
View ArticleWhen life hands you quail eggs, buy salmon roe, too
Sunday mornings, I make a big breakfast. Sometimes it’s quiche, sometimes it’s just a lot of bacon and eggs, sometimes it’s David Eyre’s pancake (which, alas, does not adapt to gluten free– it’s still...
View ArticleEaster Fact, Candy Edition
Cadbury Mini Eggs taste like rainbows and unicorns’ breath. I will be at the drugstore at the crack of dawn tomorrow to buy all the ones on Clearance. I mean– unicorns, in candy/chocolate form!
View ArticleDr. Strangeoven (or, how I learned to stop stressing and serve crooked cakes)…
I just baked a cake so ugly that I will never think of a “Yo’ Mama” joke ever again. No, really. This thing is UGLY. I should have realized the endeavor was doomed when it was OOZING CHOCOLATE LAVA...
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