Edible, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. ~Ambrose Bierce(1842-1914?) The Devil’s Dictionary (1911) TODAY’S PREPARATION ONLY THE GOOD FRIDAY An increasing number of people who cannot [...]
Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little. ~Lee Iacocca (1924 – ) TODAY’S HOMEWORK The effusive program, The View, talked about products that they like and want to recommend, and one of their producers was mad for DelGrosso tomato-based pasta sauces [...]
Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. ~Alice May Brock TODAY’S PREPARATION Chinatown rubs up against Little Italy in lower Manhattan, with one colorful and distinct community of people around [...]
For every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. ~Ecclesiastes 3:1 The plan was pretty simple, really. Begin a cooking blog to help people better their eating habits. Turn all those kitchens with cobwebs into useful members of the household, actively paying their own way rather than just as [...]
Rich sauces should be used sparingly, never more than one to a meal. And a sauce should never be considered as a disguise or a mask. Its role is to point up, prolong and compliment the taste of the food that it accompanies, to contrast with it or to give variety to it’s mode of [...]
Sort of is such a harmless thing to say. Sort of.  It’s just a filler. It doesn’t really mean anything. But after certain things, sort of means everything. Like after, I love you. Or, ‘You’re going to live.’ ~Demetri Martin (1973 – ) TODAY’S PREPARATION HUH? RICE? Now, you may think that rice is no [...]
Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you. ~Anonymous Author TODAY’S PREPARATION SIX WORD SATURDAY Back for another six-word weekend meme, brought to you by Cate at Show My Face. Where did the week slip off to? I get riled when people say that they can eat at a fast food restaurant [...]
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. ~Nelson Mandela (1918 – ) TODAY’S PREPARATION THE SALT SITUATION Marion Nestle’s blog, Food Politics, updates information on the FDA and salt. She has many links to supporting documents, but offers a good synopsis of the salt situation. Is there any denying that the food [...]
You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients. ~Julia Child(1912 – 2004) THE BLOOMIN’ GREEN MARKET I can’t believe that I almost bought a lettuce plant! It looked so succulent and fresh in the sunshine of the Union Square green market. But reason got the better of [...]
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. ~ Og Mandino (1923 – 1996) TODAY’S PREPARATION FOOD, INC If you haven’t seen the Oscar-nominated documentary Food, Inc, it will be aired on PBS Wednesday (tonight) at 9pm. The film tackles [...]