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Now that Christmas is on it’s way out, I’m ready to bring in the new year. I’m from the south, and so my new year tradition involves eating cabbage/greens (for money) and black eyed peas (for luck) in my first meal of each year. My husband, a true Californian, can’t be bothered with these foods, […]
Doug swears you’ll like this. Guaranteed to knock your socks off and give you night vision. Serve with popovers – the world’s greatest quick bread. Habanero Curry Carrot Soup 1 tbs olive oil 3 large carrots per person, roughly chopped 1 tbs red curry powder 2 cups water 1 bouillon cube 2 cloves garlic sliced […]
Mom, you’ll be proud. I use my Zoology degree at least once every year when I choose not to make anatomically correct bones, but instead a whole pile of identifiable ones. Meringue bones from our graveyard:
Weekend America asked 10 writers to write scary stories that can be read in less than a minute. Here’s this year’s. And last year’s.
We’ve been lucky that our kids are good eaters and fall for the 10 bite rule, but I still enjoyed this article on Slate about the extent some parents will go to get their kids to eat veggies.
I stumbled across a great foodie blog, Homesick Texan. Great to me, at least. There seems no shortage of great recipes on the wide Internet for how to serve the fresh cranberry beans, heirloom tomatoes or fava beans I’ve drug home from my farmer’s market, but although delicious, they all seem a little soul-less. But […]
The New York Times has an article by Michael Pollan asserting that one of the results of our market down turn is an inevitable rise in food costs. Interesting read.
There is an interesting article in Science Daily that I have to post because I’ve had trouble looking at that chocolate in my cabinet since reading it. Allegedly the more carbs we eat, the more appetite suppressing cells we kill. Increase in carbohydrate consumption over the years has also been correlated with increase in brain […]