Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Overnight thread
Merry solstice. Dr. Mrs. Dr. F. spent the day preparing a French Christmas dinner for my folks, and will spend most of tomorrow finishing it. She has decided to go for something more modest than the last time we did this, so we will stick to just a bouchee a la reine, a roast pork [...]
December 23, 2011
· 
Tim F. · 
30 Comments
Posted in: Food, Open Thread
Open thread – This is what has been missing from my life…
Checking in from Japan where I have spent a few days with my nephew and his friend. I’m currently sitting in the Air France lounge waiting for my flight to Amsterdam. I will have posts for you over the next few days about where we ate in Tokyo, and about a quite wonderful museum that [...]
December 19, 2011
· Sarah Proud and Tall · 27 Comments
Posted in: Food, Open Thread
Cooking with gasbag
Somewhere in Massachusetts, a cold shiver just ran up Tom Levenson’s back, for Megan McArdle has published her “Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Kitchen Edition“. Now, I love cooking (my old English Fruit cake with propofol icing has won several awards) and I love gadgets (particularly the sort that are made by Germans out of latex [...]
December 9, 2011
· Sarah Proud and Tall · 208 Comments
Posted in: Food, Fucked-up-edness, Pink Himalayan Salt
Pat Robertson Wonders if Mac and Cheese “Is a Black Thing.”
This just made my day. 700 Club host Kristi Watts interviewed Condoleeza Rice and they both agreed that they love mac and cheese. (Who doesn’t!?) Pat Robertson, apparently from a planet where one does not eat mac and cheese, like, all the time asks Watts “What is this ‘mac and cheese’? Is that a black [...]
November 23, 2011
· ABL 2.0 · 222 Comments
Posted in: Food, General Stupidity
Turkey Day Prep Work
Making the cranberries, candied yams, peeling the potatoes for the mashed, making the stuffing, and he obligatory green bean casserole. Turkey has been thawing for three days in the fridge, so tomorrow’s lift off should be fun. I didn’t brine this year. Going to just rub it down.
November 23, 2011
· John Cole · 75 Comments
Posted in: Food, Open Thread
Food, Glorious Food
I can’t believe we haven’t started a food thread yet, so here it is. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve finally accepted that women never really faint, children are the only ones who blush, and there’s no such thing as a moist turkey. Last year I just Butterballed it, but since those are Sharia birds, I’ve [...]
November 23, 2011
· mistermix ... World Peace · 109 Comments
Posted in: Food
Maybe He Should Head Back to Corporate Headquarters
This made me laugh- Politico did a blind taste test of five pizzas, including Herman Cain’s brand, and the results were unsurprising: I doubt you could serve Godfather’s pizza to drunks. (via)
October 20, 2011
· John Cole · 111 Comments
Posted in: Food, Humor
Garlic Open Thread
Yesterday was the last day vendors at our public market were offering heaps of good basil, and the garlic is getting towards end of season, so I made way too much pesto yesterday. I used the trick illustrated in this video to peel the garlic, and it works pretty well. Consider this an open thread.
October 2, 2011
· mistermix ... World Peace · 72 Comments
Posted in: Food, Open Thread
Because Someone Has to Go There…
...The inevitable musical storm open thread. The original for what has to be our theme song for the next couple of days seems to be breaking the front page, but here’s my favorite cover. ...I’ve also long been partial to Willie’s version: And while, Bay Area born and bred, and old Dead fan that I [...]
August 27, 2011
· Tom Levenson · 77 Comments
Posted in: Food, Music, Open Thread
Pull Up the Drawbridge, Stockpile Now
You don’t have to watch squirrels’ acorn-gathering efforts or measure wooly-bear caterpillar bands to predict an ongoing cranky, isolationist, get-away-from-MY-stuff season: Consumers can expect to see a jump in prices for pasta, meat, vegetable oil and many other grocery items in the coming months as a pair of new government reports forecast on [Aug. 11] [...]
August 24, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 34 Comments
Posted in: C.R.E.A.M., Food, Science and Technology
The Mexican Truffle
Things I learned from the Internet: corn smut, called huitlacoche, is considered a delicacy. The Wikipedia etymology section is worth a read, too.
August 18, 2011
· mistermix ... World Peace · 33 Comments
Posted in: Food
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind
Yesterday Matt Yglesias flagged a survey showing that people who spend longer in school tend to spend more on alcohol. Kevin Drum and James Joyner both pointed out that educated people drink more expensive alcohol (e.g., mixers or craft beer rather than schlitz). When I saw Matt’s chart, my first reaction was that the amount [...]
August 12, 2011
· Tim F. · 73 Comments
Posted in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Food
Canned Tomatoes Are Looking Better & Better
Hat tip to commentor dj spellchecka for the link to NPR’s interview transcript on “The Troubled History of the Supermarket Tomato“: GUY RAZ: I’m speaking with Barry Estabrook. His new book is called “Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit.” Barry, a big part of this book is not just about the [...]
July 11, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 51 Comments
Posted in: C.R.E.A.M., Food, Sweet Fancy Moses!
OG
The tremendous power of chain restaurants was demonstrated once again in my part of the world yesterday, when one of our area bloggers decided to pack it in after a single visit to Olive Garden. That’s a shame, because her blog was quite good. Before commenting on that, let me get this out of the [...]
June 15, 2011
· mistermix ... World Peace · 136 Comments
Posted in: Food
Food News: Slightly Less Poison in Your Chicken!
If we can stop talking about virtual weiners for a while, how about some news on the stuff that actually goes in your mouth? Because I admire professional insouciance, I’ve been saving this article from the NYTimes “Business Day” section: Pfizer Suspends Sales of Chicken Drug With Arsenic WASHINGTON — Farmers have for decades fed [...]
June 11, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 58 Comments
Posted in: Food, Fucked-up-edness, Science and Technology
