I was making some buckwheat crepes to wrap around some mushroom stroganoff the other night. I made it with soured cream from my raw milk share, as suggested a while back – it wasn’t a hit with John, but I liked it a lot. I had just purchased eggs from the food co-op, not the [...]
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Mystery eggs
Posted in cooking, farmers' markets, food systems on April 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Guess what I got?
Posted in cooking on April 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was my birthday. And I got this!
It’s a Le Creuset French Oven (like a Dutch oven, but…made in France) from my parents,and I’m so excited I can hardly stand it. I also got a baking stone from my little sister and a copy of Preserving Summer’s Bounty, which I’m also pretty excited about. I [...]
Raw Milk: What I’ve Done
Posted in cooking, raw milk on March 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
After all the lovely suggestions, I decided making more yogurt was probably my best bet in terms of using up this raw milk. Then, I got a call from Lauren (the friend to whom I was planning on giving the other 1/2 gallon) who was not just down the street from me, but in Baltimore. [...]
Advice, Please
Posted in cooking, raw milk on March 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »
My boss, Barb, is out of town for a week. Being the generous and wonderful woman that she is, she offered me her raw milk share for the week. She’s a member of the Our Farm and Dairy cow share program, and gets her gallon of raw milk delivered directly to our office every Friday. [...]
Pierogi Night
Posted in cooking on March 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Between me and John, I’m the primary cook, and he’s the primary cleaner. This works well for us, and I have no real complaints about the way it works out. But I’ve been pretty stressed out this past week. Our younger cat Plum is unwell, and I’ve been busy stuffing pills down her throat and [...]
The Pastie in Question
Posted in cooking on February 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Some spell it pastie, some spell it pasty; they’re all delicious in my eyes. I made mine technicolor with the rather untraditional addition of beets: I had one in the back of the fridge that needed using. Just thought I’d share.
In more crimson-colored news, take a look at my new favorite local food (at least [...]
Slow Food vs. slow food
Posted in cooking, food systems, work on February 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This might be long, as this post has been a long time in the making. Apologies in advance.
This week I’ve been helping Barb, my MSU boss, prepare for the Choices Conference (irritating pdf link – consider yourself warned) next week. Choices is a food-related conference geared toward dietitians, nutritionists, and health educators in Michigan. It [...]
Dinner: the Personal and the Political
Posted in cooking, food, meat on February 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’d been thinking recently about how exactly my interest in all-things-food-related came about, and I decided it really had a lot to do with cooking. I really didn’t care about food until after I’d dropped out of college after 1 semester. After that, I started working at a restaurant. There, I started as a prep [...]
On Tofurky
Posted in cooking, farmers' markets, work on February 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In response to my last post, Poet With a Day Job noted that the phenomenon of “real” food masquerading as “fake” food (itself masquesrading as “real” food) is akin to Tofurky. As a vegetarian, this is one of the most common questions I end up fielding over the dinner table: “Why do you guys eat [...]
“Real” Foods, “Real” Cooking
Posted in cooking, muckraking on February 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I don’t watch TV. Much. John leaves the soccer channel on from the minute he gets home until he goes to bed, but I generally ignore it. I never turn the TV on or change the channel myself. The only time I ever sit down with the intent of watching television, I’m at John’s parents’ [...]
