This fall has been a hectic one but included the very fun task of making food for my friend who just had a first baby. Nursing moms (as well as pregnant ladies) are so fun to cook for because they eat a lions share, seem to especially enjoy eating, and really put that food to [...]
As mentioned in my New Year’s post, we’ve started the adventure of making our food more active and getting as much of those slightly more processed foods from our own kitchen. Starting with a half gallon of raw milk on the kitchen table we aimed to make two things- whey (for future counter cultures) and [...]
The Art of Simple Food (by Alice Waters) and Farmer John’s Cookbook; the real dirt of vegetables and my two favorite cookbooks and here’s why.
For the most part the best food for you, whole foods (grains, beans, vegetables etc) are affordable. There is much discussion about this- clearly there are some highly processed, crappy food [...]
Being mostly broke does not afford much opportunity for good cheese and quality wine. Duh. But when an occasion arises to indulge in this pleasurable combination I want to get it right. This is especially helped by always getting a taste first (need a good, staffed cheese section- or better- a dedicated shop) and then [...]
