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Fritters of another color.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

From the first time I made zucchini fritters last summer I knew I would be hooked on endless variations. Zuc season is now here and the fritters fry again.
With already a couple batches made, I wanted to change things up. Not just with the veggies involved, which I did, but with the overall texture. The [...]

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popped, baked, skillet toasted

Friday, May 9, 2008

I don’t want corn fed to the cows I eat or get milk from. I also don’t want corn as fuel. I don’t want corn sweetened food or drink. I would also prefer less corn in the Farm Bill. But these limits still leave many positive, healthy, and delicious options for our powerful giant mutant [...]

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Meat Scrap Dog Food

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Allergies are a pretty common issue with dogs. People go through numerous diet changes, conflicting advice with the cost of food getting higher and higher as you try to provide your pet with something that won’t make them sick and of some quality. We were spending about 25 bucks for under 10 lbs of food [...]

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Risotto and Frittata

Sunday, April 6, 2008

These two dishes are probably two of my favorite, mostly because I feel like I’ve finally figured them out and can make them without too much effort with good results.
I’ve made a lot of okay frittatas, from a variety of recipes. Using Alice Water’s process seemed to finally produce the right thing, doing three things [...]

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Getting to know your food and buying and cooking it wisely

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

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 [...]

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Rainy Day Bread

Friday, February 29, 2008

Homemade bread is just so economical, it seemed crucial that we start baking more often in our need to cut the food budget. As usual in my internet searches for good recipes, I didn’t find anything I really liked. (This is usually because they aren’t using natural or organic products so I feel like their [...]

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Keeping track of the good stuff

Friday, February 22, 2008

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 [...]

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