Bake with abandon!
Until recently fennel was a spice I ignored. If I saw it in a recipe, I skipped it. After all, it was usually one of fifteen other spices in a curry. Who’d notice it was missing? But this past week I came across a couple …
In the interest of full disclosure, I’m fessing up to a personal relationship with the author of Modern Spice. Although I’ve never met Monica Bhide in person, I took her excellent food writing course, have exchanged dozens (perhaps hundreds) of emails with her and we’ve …
This week’s challenge has far fewer restrictions but a twist of its own. It comes from my friend Anja, who writes: Can you replicate a recipe from Starbucks? They have an oat bar that I love, but haven’t been able to replicate it myself. I’m …
Solve one problem. Create another. Let’s say I make a grocery list, eat a full meal and then shop at break-neck speed, never straying from the items on my list. When I get home with my planned purchases — and only my planned purchases — …
Vanessa McMackin is one happy cookbook collector. She’s getting six Whitecap Books titles and a phone call from Bal Arneson, author of Everyday Indian. Of course, I’ll also be calling her to select the final three books in her prize package. I’m not sure how …
Yesterday, I broke not one but two cardinal rules of grocery shopping. I shopped without a list. And I shopped hungry. In my defense, I didn’t think I needed a list for five items. I was wrong. Very wrong. I left with 11 items. Put …
This is a not so subtle reminder that tomorrow is the last day to enter the book giveaway. One lucky winner will have six food and wine books delivered to their door courtesy of Whitecap Books. What can you win? The three healthy eating cookbook …
A couple of weeks ago, I posted one of the most challenging reader questions to date. What do you feed a multi-generational family where one person is on a gluten-free, dairy-free diet and another must eat low-GI foods but no root vegetables? Oh yes, lean …
I found out about this video from fellow food writer, Roz Cummins, who found it on Salon.com, who got it from Boing Boing who saw it on Clara’s website, which posted the video on YouTube. Apparently, everyone knows about Clara but me. In case you …