Tag: cuisine
group name: cookbook
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June 13, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
In April of 711, the Arab governor of Tangiers, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the strait between what are now Morocco and Spain with an army of 10,000 Berbers. At the time the Iberian peninsula was ruled . . . more
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May 05, 2007 03:36 PM EDT --
Fishies Again
A few weeks ago Stephanie (Dispensing Happiness) and her husband and son and Marianne (The Unemployed Cook) and her husband got together for dinner here. We all cooked and, as expected, . . . more
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May 20, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
Southern Heat and Italian Pasta
Yesterday it hit 100 degrees -- in my apartment. My 25-year old air conditioning unit had given out and, although it was only 95 outside, I'm on the top floor, which . . . more
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June 06, 2007 02:07 PM EDT --
I'm old enough to remember hand-cranked ice cream as a kid. I also know that ice cream was a valid excuse for having children. That way you (as an adult) could enjoy fresh creamy ice cream without . . . more
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May 09, 2007 09:47 AM EDT --
There was a large patch of gravel in front of the rickety, boarded-up roadside stand, a plywood structure smaller than my closet that it seemed would fall apart if you looked at it closely. I drove by . . . more
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May 29, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
Gather Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Laying Down the Slaw
With summertime nearly here, it’s time to start talking about that contentious issue: coleslaw. This is one of those fun . . . more
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May 14, 2007 03:03 PM EDT --
My mother gave me a copy of the first edition of The Silver Palate Cookbook for Christmas the year it came out and it quickly became my go-to book for recipe ideas, as it did for many other cooks. A . . . more
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June 20, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
Is there anyone, save Professor Hathaway from the 80s cult film Real Genius, who doesn’t love popcorn?
Despite a quick online search turning up such non-sequiturs as Jiffy Pop being listed in . . . more
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May 23, 2007 05:54 PM EDT --
This one requires some explanation. When I was a child growing up in California, my grandmother lived at the beach near Aptos (down the road from Santa Cruz if you're not familiar with the . . . more
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August 02, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Silence of the Bees
Loss of Honeybee Colonies Causing Alarm Worldwide
By Kurt Michael Friese
Listen closely in your garden. Have you noticed that it is just a little quieter this year? . . . more
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August 19, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Here it is again, that situation we thought (back in February) would not happen again this year, but we did it again anyway, didn’t we? You and I promised ourselves that we’d be more . . . more
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May 22, 2007 11:08 PM EDT --
One of the easiest meals to make is a simple pizza. In fact, it is so simple that my children have been making pizzas for lunch or dinner since they were each four or five years old.
When . . . more
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June 04, 2007 12:42 PM EDT --
Thought a side dish recipe was in order for this morning. Hope you enjoy
2 lb Mushrooms; fresh
1/4 lb Bacon; diced
1/4 c Butter
2 ea Onions; large, diced
1 c White wine
1/2 t . . . more
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July 18, 2007 11:19 AM EDT --
Forget dog days. These are the pig days of summer – a time when your fancies turn to thoughts of thick, succulent Iowa chops sizzling and spattering over hardwood coals, surrounded by best-on-the-planet . . . more
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June 25, 2007 11:59 AM EDT --
Hope everyone had a great weekend, I know that we did! I'm curious, after the weekend and heading back to work today, what's on the dinner menu this evening? Can't wait to hear! . . . more
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July 31, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
One of the best treatments of the subject I have seen to date, this video explains what Slow Food is truly all about - not snobbery or pretention, but rather the soul-nourishing goodness of flavor and . . . more
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May 31, 2007 12:30 PM EDT --
Thanks to the good folks at Whole Foods, here's a cool podcast interview with Slow Food Founder and author of Slow Food Nation, Carlo Petrini.
Whole Foods Market PodcastExploring the world . . . more
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July 14, 2007 02:59 AM EDT --
A selection from my media collection:
Teance Presents: The Renaissance of Tea, from Teance: the . . . more
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June 07, 2007 03:17 AM EDT --
Sauer, Jennifer Leigh
The Way to Tea: your adventure guide to San Francisco tea culture / with a foreword by James Norwood Pratt
128 p. : over 100 full-color photographs ; 8 in. x 8 in.
Earth . . . more
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