My niece at last appeared on my doorstep ready to claim her Christmas present, a cooking session with Aunt Janet.
First, we got set up with ingredients and tools and clean hands, of course.
Then we went to work. Kierstin, unlike her brother (although maybe it’s an age thing), is very focused on her cooking tasks. After [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Food preparation'
Christmas in August brings taco salad, heavenly sugar-mint fruit
August 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Food preparation, local food, recipes
Tags:family·salads·summer desserts
Change a recipe? You bet! Here’s an example
August 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Cooking tips, Food preparation, recipes
I remember reading an interview with Ruth Reichl in which she expressed shock that people changed recipes that they got from Gourmet magazine, seeing as Gourmet personnel had tested and revised their recipes until they were the best they could be.
I was shocked that she was shocked. (And Ruth, if it wasn’t you, I apologize.) [...]
Tags:green beans·recipes·squash·summer produce
Yes, let’s eat in, but there’s a better way
August 6th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Eating out, Food in the news, Food preparation
Good news! More people are eating home-cooked meals. Bad news! It isn’t what I’d call cooking. Good news! It’s a start, and it could maybe get people thinking about real cooking again. At least I hope so.
The food-spending update
Several reports from the last few weeks suggest more people are eating at home, largely due to [...]
Tags:home cooking·processed food
Hot-hot-hot! Salsas and temps sizzle at market
August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Farmers markets, Food preparation, local food
If it’s early August, its salsa time in Kansas, and the Lawrence Farmers Market put salsa and its makers on display Saturday.
Ambitious market coordinator Mercedes Taylor-Puckett organized not only salsa-making presentations by three Lawrence chefs, but also a competition open to market patrons. And she did it on what turned out to be the most [...]
Tags:Farmers markets·salsa
Papalo at home among beans and hot peppers
August 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Food preparation, Food selection
Remember the papalo? Today I ran into the farmer who grew mine, which reminded me I needed to update you.
I guess we Anglos don’t immediately take to the stuff, as evidenced by one writer’s referring to it as the wet dog herb and another saying it smells like gasoline. I can’t say that either of [...]
Top-popping pickling process gives right signal
August 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments · Food preparation, Tools, recipes
This post is for the edification of wannabe canners and for the amusement of those of you who have been pickling, canning and generally “putting up” for years.
No, I am not a canner. I am, however, foolish. Despite my awareness of the endless rules that accompany canning, I nevertheless subconsciously bought into the many professions [...]