Vegetable humor

Vegetable humor from today’s Dear Abby column:
“I’m an inveterate punster — ‘If I put a leafy green vegetable on the barbecue, will it be chard?’”
Abby advises the punster to keep his puns to himself. I disagree. Anyone else have a good food pun to share?

Checking in with flooded restaurants

It wasn’t so long ago that a fellow Gazetteer and I marveled at how fortunate we were to work downtown.
We loved the freedom of being able to leave the office, walk a couple of blocks and find a java fix on those “I’m so tired” days, a chocolate truffle on those “I’m so stressed” days [...]

Wrapping up the kitchen remodel

Since March, I’ve written a few posts about the great kitchen remodeling project of 08.
We’ve been done for a while, but I wanted to wait to post the results until we had all the little details done. Once the kitchen was in working order again, the project slowed down a bit. There just wasn’t that same [...]

One sign of a weak economy: More homemade lunches

According to a story in the Wall Street Journal, rising prices are leading many workers to cut down on lunchtime dining to save money. Bringing lunch from home is one popular option. A graphic that runs with the story shows how a turkey sandwich, chips and soda can be twice as expensive if you’re getting them from [...]

CSA, week 7

Week 7 of the summer of the CSA brings… more kohlrabi! This time it’s red, though, instead of green. (Or, at least, red in the same way that red onions are called red even though we all know they really look purple.)
I haven’t found a kohlrabi recipe that I really love yet. Any suggestions on a great [...]

The secret step to really great cookies

There’s a great story on NYTimes.com about one of my all-time favorite foods: chocolate chip cookies.
Perfection? Hint: It’s Warm and Has a Secret
By David Leite
Published: July 9, 2008

TOO bad sainthood is not generally conferred on bakers, for there is one who is a possible candidate for canonization. She fulfills most of the requirements: (1) She’s [...]

CSA, week 6

We’re about a third of the way through the CSA season, and now even the cat is getting into this trying new vegetables thing.
Of course, he’s kind of a non-discriminate leaf and flower chewer. (If only he actually kept down all that greenery he pilfers.)
So, for week 6, along with the kale the kitty samples, we [...]

Sick foods

It’s not often that I’m not a) reading about food, b) thinking about food or c) eating food. I like to use my job as an excuse for this. But, as I wrote in today’s column, when I’m sick, even I’m not in the mood for much beyond saltines and noodle soup. What about you? What [...]

CSA, week 5

First off, an apology for my shaky camera skills this week. Second, if you’ve been paying attention, you’ll notice I skipped a week of CSA reporting. Unfortunately, that’s because I missed a week of CSA-eating. The stomach flu hit my house last week — both my husband and I were down for a couple of [...]

Do you care about food lists?

This morning, The New York Times’ Well blog has a list of “The 11 best foods you aren’t eating.” The list of healthful foods “that are easy to find but don’t always find their way into our shopping carts” includes beets, cabbage, Swiss chard, cinnamon, pomegranate juice, dried plums (prunes), pumpkin seeds, sardines, turmeric, frozen blueberries and [...]