We headed out in the cold last night to attend an 8-course Chinese New Year Banquet at a local seafood restaurant. Hosted by local foodie walking tour guide, Shirley Lum, the evening was both delicious and informative, as Lum explained Lunar New Year traditions and discussed various aspects of the Chinese zodiac as we ate. [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2008’
"If all the burden is put on eaters, that’s not a tragic state of affairs.”
Further to my “Chicken Out” post from yesterday, this article by Mark Bittman in the NY Times illustrates my point in much more detail. If those trends continue, meat may become a treat rather than a routine. It won’t be uncommon, but just as surely as the S.U.V. will yield to the hybrid, the half-pound-a-day [...]
Playing Chicken – The Chicken Out Campaign
As a huge fan of British TV, and an openly honest stealer of television shows on the Internets, I was likely one of a small number of North Americans to view the series on Britain’s Channel 4 called Hugh’s Chicken Run in which food journalist and farmer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tries to get his entire town [...]
The Miracle Worker
Some random thoughts about Barbara Kingsolver’s book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life… I think it should be a rule that books about food should be written by fiction writers as opposed to scientists or even journalists. Kingsolver is just better at describing everything, and she has the skill to make it all [...]
Coffee Cookie Smackdown
Two recipes, two different cookies. Which one will reign supreme? I’ve been on a comparison kick lately, taking recipes with similar ingredients and making both to see which one is better. Of course, better is relative based on your own likes and dislikes, but it’s interesting to try the many variations and permutations of a [...]
Found a Peanut
I am constantly amused by the extent people will go to adhere to what we’ve sarcastically dubbed in our house “the religion of local”. Because while I support local businesses where and whenever possible, it’s obvious that there are people out there wringing their hands over the lack of local flour, rice and mangoes. In [...]
