What Is Simple Food?

My thoughts began as I was scrubbing fingerling potatoes last night, in preparation to simmer them. As I gently scrubbed each thin-skinned little tuber individually, I found myself reflecting upon the idea of simple food. I realized that I didn’t really know what the words, “simple food” meant. Well, I knew what they meant -to […]

Pasta Dharma Talk

I have been craving pasta and noodles like mad recently. There is a reason for this, which I can’t really go into right now, but it means that for the past week, four out of seven dinners have been pasta or noodles of some form or another. Penne with Meyer lemon cream sauce, Spaghetti with […]

It’s Coming: The 2006 Eat Local Challenge

May 2006 is the time and wherever you are is the place for the Locavore’s 2006 Eat Local Challenge. Last year, it was in August, a time of year when harvests are abundant and varied; this year, the Bay-Area Locavores, decided to give participants a chance to eat local in another season–spring. Depending on where […]

Coming Home To Eat: Cooking For Myself and My Family

As most readers are aware, we were away for most of last week, visiting Washington DC. We went primarily to view the exhibition of the works of Hokusai at the Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian, but we also ended up wandering around to many of the other museums, including the new Museum of the American […]

Are You a Good Foodie, Or a Bad Foodie?

So, I was cruising through Slashfood this morning and came upon this post by Sarah Gim entitled, “You can’t be a foodie and not like…”, and it got me to thinking. (Gim references a post at Matt Bites, which I hadn’t read yesterday, but which I read today, which also is lively and interesting–I both […]

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