Welcome to The May Eat Local Challenge!

Ah, look at that pretty salad, with greens grown in Athens county, and edible flowers–they are violas–from my own porchboxes! Admittedly, the cheese is chevre from Vermont, which Bry brought over to share (waste not, want not!), and the dressing is made from Italian balsamic vinegar and olive oil, though it is sweetened with Athens […]

Book Review: The Food Substitution Bible

Reviewing books is a passion of mine; reviewing cookbooks and books about food are a particular obsession. This is in large part, because I like to read, write and cook, so three of my favorite activities come together in a delicious synergy. Though, I have to admit, that generally, I like to read cookbooks or […]

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 […]

Books, Blogs and Recipes in the News

Never Apologize A book that I have awaited with baited breath is finally coming out this Tuesday: My Life In France, by Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme. Telling the story of Julia’s formative years in France when she attended Ecole du Cordon Bleu in Paris and then the publication of her seminal work, Mastering the […]

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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