reviews
book: knives cooks love
I am slightly behind on a few reviews, primarily because I was packing up our lives and planning the adventure of a lifetime! As you now know, we left Seattle in the latter part of May, and are cycling across Holland and parts of Belgium and France. By we, I mean our family of four: husband James and sons Anthony and Caleb. For excerpts on our adventure visit www.familyfrolics.com… [more]
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10 things to keep in mind re: cast iron skillets
Cast iron pans are a favorite of many a great chefs.
I never owned one; but in culinary school used them and I learned a thing or two. And a few weeks ago, KaTom Restaurant Supplies offered to send me a cast iron skillet… [more]
Poms Pomegranate
One reason I don’t currently have advertising on my site, is that it affords me the opportunity to accept and review books, food products and/or kitchen items on my own terms. I find it impressive that companies are engaging in grassroots marketing—seeking bloggers to review their product(s). It is a new medium, a new venue to reach consumers, another means to communicate brands. I was formerly in marketing, and appreciate… [more]
The Soul of a CHEF
It is good. It is thick, no doubt, but good.
Ruhlman has earned his keep as a culinary journalist, having focused his interest on the plight of chefs, he has made his mark. WHAT makes a chef? What is the motivation, the measure, the conjecture? WHY be a chef? WHO has earned that name, HOW do you achieve mastery of chef-ness? These burning questions follow Ruhlman, make him pause, push… [more]
Amy Goldman: The Heirloom Tomato
Everybody's Nuts!
I loved this company even before I tried their pistachios. And not just because they sent me a box full of goodies—though that didn’t hurt.
I love them because of their branding. So few foodstuffs impress me when it comes to creative marketing, but this company is dedicated to giving pistachios their [fun] day in the sun. Remember Cracker Jacks? When I was a kid, it was all about the… [more]
The Warmest Room in the House
I am so glad I picked this book up from Half Price Books… [more]
.History is overwhelming to me, linear yet layered and staggeringly complex. So many industries and policies and philosophies and religions to track. So many trends and movements, inventions and circumstance. This book may seem simple to some, but for me it provided an easy-to-digest overview of America, one decade at a time. And it wasn’t your
Try this: Prima Glassa Balsamica Glaze
It is not easy to impress me with a condiment. Most bottled salad dressings pale in comparison to those made from home. A jar of kalamata spread can be made on the spot at home, just by blending kalamata olives with some olive oil, a pinch of
Kitchen Confidential
One of my goals for this summer is to fit in a pile of culinary reading. I just finished the book, The Sharper your Knife, the Less you Cry. Fun rendition of a gal taking a hard right from her life and pursuing her culinary dreams. Huh, and she is a writer besides. Sounds oddly familiar…
Just started a regularly recommended culinary read: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain… [more]
kumquat dry soda cocktail
So, I went to an auction. It seems to be auction season in our part of the world, where people organize fabulous dinner events, with choice items to bid on, in the name of raising money. I wonder to myself if people are spending as much this year as they did last. The economy is a bit on edge: I went to the auction with a budget.
I spent my… [more]
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