The news that 27-year-old Facebook founder and gazzillionaire Mark Zuckerberg has announced that he’ll only eat meat he personally kills has been food (pun intended) for jokes and puzzlement. He’s been guided in his efforts by a Silicon Valley chef … Continue reading →
Maybe I’m late to the party, but I only recently noticed the arrival of the giant marshmallow. They look like regular marshmallows, only bigger. Is bigger necessarily better? I don’t see why; I’d never found anything wrong with the size … Continue reading →
Many of you may have noticed that I’ve been derelict in posting about jello lately. What can I say? I’ve been busy. It slipped my mind. There’s nothing new in the jello world. Flimsy excuses, I know. But I will … Continue reading →
From the inimitable Julia Child. Just a mite creepy (although peppy. And peepy.):
Continue reading →I went to Walgreen’s last night, and while prowling the aisles I came across an entire aisle of Easter candy. Easter. It is still February. Easter this year is April 24. Yet here they are: the myriad chocolate bunnies (which … Continue reading →
Here’s another of my culinary idiosyncrasies: I am against the invasion of the obligatory peppermill, with all its attendant drama. Why must everything except dessert be covered with extra pepper, offered in a reverential ceremony that makes a person who … Continue reading →
I’ve had some requests for the recipe I mentioned in this post on spinach. And because I aim to please, here you go: olive oil, to taste small onion, chopped garlic to taste, chopped a few tablespoons of tomato paste … Continue reading →
The other day I made a favorite dish: chickpeas with spinach, onions, garlic, and tomato paste. As I cooked it, I mused on how easy it’s become. First, the canned chickpeas. Yeah, the soaked-and-then-simmered ones that you do yourself are … Continue reading →
The big day is tomorrow. As usual, there are many pointers on how best to cook that bird. I have a simple method: it almost doesn’t matter. Just get a good turkey and the rest will follow. A bird will … Continue reading →
I kid you not.
Continue reading →Mark Haub, professor of nutrition at Kansas State, gets my vote as intrepid truthteller of the month, maybe the year. Despite every fiber of his being protesting against some of the results of his experiment in junk food dieting, he … Continue reading →
Lady Bird Johnson was out to beautify America by planting flowers. Nancy Reagan wanted us to Just Say No to drugs. And Michelle Obama would like Americans to eat more healthfully and nutritiously, and to include more fresh vegetables in … Continue reading →