Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. ~Thomas Edison (1847-1931) PASSION! Watch this video (a series of shorts) of John Neses, proprietor of Galco’s Soda Pop Shop and see if you’re not impressed with his knowledge and passion for the 500 types of soda he stocks in his Los Angeles emporium. Great names [...]
PART OF EASTER SUNDAY DINNER MENU When from a long distant past nothing subsists after the things are broken and scattered, the smell and taste of things remain. ~ Marcel Proust (1871-1922) TODAY’S PREPARATION Did you ever think, three months ago, that you would be ready to roast a leg of lamb? That is today’s [...]
Kitchen implements are the musical instruments of the kitchen. The right tool for the job is having a perfectly-tuned instrument. Practice using it until you can manipulate it comfortably, bending it to your culinary will, making beautiful kitchen music. THINK BEFORE BUYING I was in one of the kitchen shops, looking all of the new [...]
I’d like to make a jigsaw puzzle with 40,000 pieces. When finished, it says ‘Go Outside!’ ~Demetri Martin (1973 – ) TODAY’S PREPARATION It’s important to keep up with food issues, and not just because it’s today’s hot topic, but the one that affects every one who eats. Here are some recent articles and videos [...]
In minds crammed with thoughts, organs clogged with toxins, and bodies stiffened with neglect, there is just no space for anything else. ~ Alison Rose Levy TODAY’S PREPARATION MASTER EDITOR In these times of nutritional weirdness, it seems that half of the people you meet — and their kids — have an allergy or intolerance [...]
Food, like a loving touch or a glimpse of divine power, has that ability to comfort. ~Norman Kolpas BLOG BLOCK When I started this blog I had no idea the magnitude of what I’d bitten off. I’d been cooking all of my life and plunged in with a naivete seen only in the young and [...]
Chemicals, n: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made. ~Author Unknown 4TH THURSDAY GREEN What’s something you can use from the kitchen pantry for all-purpose cleaning that’s cheap, anti-bacterial and leaves a fresh-smelling scent behind that doesn’t linger too long? Vinegar. You heard me. Not the red wine good stuff. White vinegar. A gallon [...]
This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate the eggs, but it doesn’t say how far to separate them. ~Gracie Allen (1895-1964) TODAY’S PREPARATION SIZE MATTERS TERRIBLY Did anyone see The Ellen Show yesterday? She did a riff on Starbucks’ sizes, with their new 30-oz cup. This would be just hilarious – as Ellen [...]
What you eat for lunch today is what you pack in your lunchbox. No more, no less. ENTHUSIASM FOR FOOD It took an Englishman to hold up the mirror to Americans to gaze, unfettered, at their relentless eating habits in the cold light of a typical Huntington, West Virginia day. In case you missed it, [...]
It is probable that the lemon is the most valuable of all fruit for preserving health. ~ Sophia Emma Magdalene Grieve, aka Maud Grieve (1858 – 1941) A Modern Herbal (1931) TODAY’S PREPARATION Spring is here, and what better time to begin exploiting the wonders of lemon! That delicate but agreeably fruit-flavored acid that wakes [...]