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Tag Archives: cooking
Thanksgiving Traffic Control
Mark Bittman could save you from the annual Thanksgiving disaster brought about by too much food in too small a kitchen. In 101 Head Starts on the Day, he opens with an obvious suggestion: For cooks, most Thanksgiving problems are … Continue reading
Multitasker, or Multiple Unitasker?
Alton Brown’s conversion of a fire extinguisher into a smoothie maker got me thinking about unitasking devices in my own kitchen. (A digression: The fire extinguisher in that demo is a CO2 model, which is hardly ever sold for kitchen … Continue reading
Alton and Me
When it’s time to prepare the family Thanksgiving meal this year, I’ll start by thawing the frozen bird in cold running water the morning before. I’ll let the turkey sit in a big cooler full of a spiced brine and … Continue reading
Whole Roasted Chicken on a Bed of Root Vegetables
I had big plans. I had placed an advance order for Ad Hoc At Home, the cookbook from Thomas Keller’s casual restaurant, with the intent of setting up a separate blog where I would cook through the entire book. When … Continue reading
Tony’s Top Ten Tips
For our 16th wedding anniversary dinner, She Who Must Be Obeyed and I had dinner (menu here) on Craigie on Main, site of the Whole Hog Dinner. It has become a tradition with us, and besides, chef Tony Maws (or … Continue reading
Inside Tony’s Head
Anthony Bourdain has turned to the realm of animation to purge the demons that plague his sick, twisted mind. The level of insult he’s permitted with No Reservations isn’t sufficient to express his true thoughts about some aspects of the … Continue reading
Tarte Tatin
I haven’t written a recipe post in more than a month. It’s not because I haven’t been cooking, it’s because I’ve been cooking simple dishes. Now that fall is officially here, the meals will become more complex because I can … Continue reading
The Perfect Snack, or a Bag of Crack?
About eight years ago I tried the Atkins Diet. I lasted for almost a year, but I knew early on that I was doomed to fail (the result of all diets that can’t be be described as “eat less, exercise … Continue reading
In Which I Confess to Being the Last Food Blogger in the U.S. to See Julie and Julia
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
Primordial Soup
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