Food Music Playlist #21: National Cake Day
Our friends at Foodimentary remind me that today is National Cake Day–a bold statement on a date so close to Thanksgiving, which is typically a carnival of pies. But I […]
What I’m Cooking: April/May
What I’m cooking: It was so chilly and wet for most of March and April that it was still a good time for lazy roasting and hearty stews. I had […]
Link Buffet: Spring Cleaning
You know what they say about the best laid plans. I finally started to miss my food blog in March, after a year of neglect, and I started collecting links […]
What I’m Cooking: March
What I’m drinking When the first nor’easter came through last Friday, I longed for a cup of hot spiced wine to warm my ice-flecked face after I got home from […]
Link Buffet: sweet, sour, spicy
Probably best tessellated rhubarb you’ll see today.Via @presentcorrect pic.twitter.com/CqSfkBGSyr — 78 Derngate (@78Derngate) February 6, 2018 I hope y’all can see the embedded tweets peppered throughout this post. I have […]
Link Buffet: Why are you like this?
I was so interested to readRachel Lauden’s take on the term “foodways,” a word frequently used in anthropological and sociological food studies to mean both food custom and culture. I have […]
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 […]
Link Buffet: Personal and Political
I have trouble articulating why I’m so attracted to Sith imagery lately. Obviously I don’t identify or even sympathize with the Empire. But as I sit here in my cute […]
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 […]
Link Buffet: A Hot Mess
I am fond of the term “hot mess” to describe situations that have gone so far off the rails or fallen so short of expectations that the resulting debacle is either […]
