Category Archives: food & cooking

Market Cooldown

Posted on October 10, 2009 by David

The tomatoes are gone and the apples are taking over, which can mean only one thing: farmer’s market season is drawing to a close. A long weekend with dinner invites, a fridge still full of veggies, and a work week … Continue reading →

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Irving Penn, 1917-2009

Posted on October 8, 2009 by David

Photographer Irving Penn died yesterday. Anyone with even a passing interest in modern American design is familiar with his work. He transformed fashion photography from overcrowded set pieces to minimalist abstracts that focused on the clothes and the models themselves. … Continue reading →

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Whip It

Posted on October 6, 2009 by David

Jell-O® put me through college. I wasn’t a door-to-door Jell-O® salesman, but I was the son of a General Foods (GF) employee – Dad programed IBM 370 mainframes for the warehouse inventory systems in assembly language – which made me … Continue reading →

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Food, Inc.

Posted on October 5, 2009 by David

I missed the other, more important, food movie this summer: Food, Inc.. Fortunately, my membership at the Museum of Science got me an invitation to a private screening that was followed by a panel discussion, with the whole event being … Continue reading →

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Market Saturation

Posted on October 3, 2009 by David

It’s pouring today. Bad news for the market vendors, good news for me: no dogs, strollers, or bicycles to trip over, no lines to buy what I need. Peaches are gone for good, more apples are appearing, and the fall … Continue reading →

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I Failed My Saving Throw Against My Own Geekiness

Posted on October 2, 2009 by David

Hey, Dave, we have an extra spot in our campaign tonight. Why don’t you roll up a character and join us?” “Sorry, I’m going out with my girlfriend.” “Oh, yeah. Forgot about her. I gotta get me one of them … Continue reading →

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In Which I Confess to Being the Last Food Blogger in the U.S. to See Julie and Julia

Posted on October 1, 2009 by David

I feel like a traitor. I have declared here that Julia Child is the reason I can cook today, but I waited more than two months to see Julie and Julia. Part of the delay can be attributed to finding … Continue reading →

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What the Fluff?

Posted on September 28, 2009 by David

In addition to being the location of the raising of the first American flag, my neighborhood of Union Square also holds the honor of being the birthplace of Marshmallow Fluff, invented in 1917 by Somerville resident Archibald Query. Three years … Continue reading →

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Meat Market

Posted on September 26, 2009 by David

Everyone seem to understand that the tomatoes will be gone soon, so they’re overcompensating by buying huge quantities of the remaining heirloom crop. Fortunately, not many of the folks at the market realized that peaches are on the wane, so … Continue reading →

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Primordial Soup

Posted on September 24, 2009 by David

I found this video of Julia Child explaining the Miller-Urey experiment, and thought I’d share it with you. I don’t know about you, but I wish more of my science teachers had been as enthusiastic about their subject as Julia … Continue reading →

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