#ProduceTip
Your vegetables will look approximately 372% more glamorous if you put them in a fancy gardening basket. Wheelbarrow optional. On a related note, does anyone know what I can do with three habaneros? That won’t kill me?
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Just a Little Off the Top
Let’s check in on the garden, shall we? The chard is starting to look like chard: We got the heirloom “sideways” variety. The favas have joined the party: And the edamame came along too: The lettuces have been particularly enthusiastic: So much so that I decided to free up some space by clipping some leaves … Read more
The Great Maple Syrup Heist: The Plot Thickens
We now interrupt your normal lack of programming to bring you exciting developments in the ongoing saga of the Great Maple Syrup heist: Canadian police report that they have potentially tracked some of the contraband to a syrup dealer in New Brunswick. The suspect sap has been confiscated for further study and it’s source is … Read more
Why Don’t You Get Back To Me When You Figure It Out
Apparently, even the people who work at the cafeteria aren’t that sure what goes into the food:
I Have The Same Problem with ‘Mississippi’
From this week’s cafeteria menu: I’m pretty sure all the letters are in there, at least. Worrying thought: Where are they finding their recipes?
New Year’s Cheese
You know what’s better than going out on New Year’s Eve? Staying home and eating cheese: Top row: Cowgirl Creamery Wagon Wheel, Blue StiltonBottom row: Hirtenkase, Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog, Cave Aged GruyereNot pictured: Brillat-Savarin With the brand new set of cheese knives you got for Christmas: I’m still not totally sure what the big … Read more
Sunday Dinner: An Adventure in Pictures
Potential new semi-regular feature here, where I demonstrate recipes so foolproof that even I can’t screw them up, though not for a lack of trying. Today we’re starting with one of my more elaborate attempts: making choucroute garni. Or, as it has come to be known around here, “the big pile of pork” dish. It … Read more
Department of Story Ideas: The Meat-Eaters
The Inspiration:A conversation over lunch during which someone mentioned ongoing efforts to create lab-grown meat. Apparently, it needs to be kept moving by the application of electrical shocks in order to develop properly. You see where I am going with this. The Story:As above, with some minor variations. Rather than using muscle cells directly from … Read more
Proven: That Everything Exists On the Internet
That’s not the surprising part. The surprising part is that the proof comes via Martha Stewart. Last night I dreamed that I was at a party where they were serving delicious home-made marshmallow Peeps. (No, I don’t know why. I don’t even like Peeps that much.) Today it occurred to me to wonder if such … Read more
The Top Five Lies I Tell Myself While Cooking
5. It’ll cook down. 4. That looks done. 3. I can totally pull off green eyeshadow.* 2. If I put enough sauce on it no one will notice. And the number one lie I tell myself while cooking: 1. I’ll do those dishes later. *Not cooking-related, just in general.