What I’m cooking: February
It still feels like February outside so I’m squeaking in with some February roundups here and on my book blog. What I’m cooking: I’ve long appreciated this simple chickpea stew […]
Category Archives: Cooking
What I’m Cooking: January
Well, I guess it is time to get back to work. I’ve been experiencing the same malaise that many of my peers have felt since November, and feeling sort of […]
What I’m cooking: November
What I’ve cooked recently: I threw myself a party and checked off most of my autumnal cooking wish list. I mulled two liters of wine. I boiled up all my ginger […]
What I’m Cooking: October
My kitchen and I have fallen into a rut. It’s partly that I’ve been busy, which makes it more tempting to buy takeout and premade food. But it’s also because […]
Link Buffet: Eculent Investigations
If you love winter squashes, you’ll love this charmingly illustrated guide to gourds at Lucky Peach. I am always here for new research on multisensory or synaesthetic experiences of eating. […]
Link Buffet: Odds and Ends
From start to finish, this interview with Chris Kimball of America’s Test Kitchen is a great read: the dialogue discusses how to make a recipe as reliable as possible (“we go through a […]
How to not waste your lettuce
NPR’s The Salt had a piece about lettuce dumped by salad processing plants, which evidently creates a great deal of methane and is anything but a green habit. The focus […]
Link Buffet: Ephemera
I finally made time to read Rachel Laudan’s Plea for Culinary Modernism, and found it well worth the #longread. Lauden’s argument is that the culinary past we presently have a nostalgia […]
Pot-wallers and pot-boilers
Prior to the Reform Act of 1832, only a fraction of the population of England could vote for a Parliamentary representative, and the qualifications for enfranchisement varied greatly among boroughs. In […]
Link Buffet: Eye Candy
First We Feast interviewed Jacques la Merde, the sophisticated plater of burritos and Bugles posted in the last link roundup. It is in all caps and well peppered with sound […]
