Category: Foodie Goodie

Vegetarians, now is the time to look away. In fact, leave. Just go. Come back tomorrow, or perhaps the day after. Well, you can’t say I didn’t warn you. As we’ve been getting more and more comfortable in the kitchen, and more apt at flexing our culinary muscles, Neil and I have been looking for … Continue reading Tur-what-ken? TURDUCKEN!

At The Kitchn, they’re asking about cooking resolutions for the new year. Since cooking seems to be what we do most of these days (in fact, 5/6 of our Christmas gifts from other people were cooking-related), I thought I’d chime in with a few of my own kitchen-based resolutions (more like goals, these) for 2009: … Continue reading Cooking Resolutions

While we were busy making all those cookies, I put out a tray of savory snacks to try to counter the sugar rush. Most of these were courtesy of President’s Choice, as they sent out a basket of some of their newest products just in time for the holidays. And I’ve gotta say, most of … Continue reading Still not worth switching supermarkets for

Title = fun quote from an episode of Jamie’s School Dinners, where Jamie Oliver was trying to educate a woman on the benefits of feeding her family salad. Speaking of Salad… In an effort to do a little pre-emptive healthy eating before the base hedonism of the Christmas Food Fest, I’ve been trying to eat … Continue reading But… those are LEAVES, you don’t eat them!

Wow. Who knew an emulsion was so enticing! Anyhow, it all started after reading a bunch of Michael Pollan books. I started reading food labels, and one of those was eventually mayonnaise. And there are some frightening unpronounceables on those labels. This was also around the time Neil and I were realizing how easy it … Continue reading MYOM (Make Your Own Mayo)

In my last post there was a brief discussion in the comments about the evolution of charging (or not) for shopping bags – plastic and reuseable. bobvis mentioned It occurs to me now that if you really want people to remember to bring their own bags, you should actually *charge* them $0.03 for forgetting to … Continue reading Worth Switching Supermarkets For?

Not that my cupboards are bare, but Zoot posted something awfully fun yesterday that made me think a bit more about what’s in them (and read the comments, too!). I was going to comment, but I’d run on far too long. She writes: So, I’m curious how your kitchen is different from mine. Do you … Continue reading Old Mother Hubbard