Ginger Lemon Sandwich Cremes

I have a confession to make. I buy cooking magazines, and I read them. And I see recipes that sound interesting, but I seldom actually use them. I mean, other than looking at them and thinking, “What a good idea,” then running into the kitchen to recreate a dish like it from memory, I don’t […]

Ginger Lemon Cookies

I read a lot of cooking magazines, but my favorite one is Fine Cooking Magazine. It is the only one I currently subscribe to, mainly because it teaches cooking technique and in-depth recipes with a lot of photographs that perfectly illustrate tricky processes that are difficult to explain in words. When you see a lot […]

Best Food Writing Anthologies And Blogs

So, of course, I had noticed these anthologies of the Best Food Writing of whatever year, edited by Holly Hugues, when they first appeared annually starting in 2000. But I hadn’t really read any of them until this May when I picked up the fifth anniversary edition, Best Food Writing 2004 while I was in […]

How Many Food Magazines Are There?

That’s a rhetorical question. I really don’t know the answer. But I do know this–there are a whole bunch of them. Big ones. Small ones. Thick ones. Thin ones. This one has a shiny car,This one has a cookie star,What a lot of ‘zines there are! (Okay, Dr. Seuss, I am truly sorry for bunging […]

Jamie Oliver Spills the Blood of a Lamb, Film at Eleven

So, Kate of the Accidental Hedonist scooped me on this bit of controversy, but since it is an issue near and dear to my heart, I figured I’d post about the flurry of shock and outrage across the pond over an episode of superstar chef Jamie Oliver’s new show where he slaughters a lamb on […]

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