Cooking
Photo by meriko.
- This Weekend's Dinner Party
Photo by Melissa Schneider. Only 2 percent of you have sounded off in the OWF 5-year Anniversary Reader Survey, but common threads have already begun to appear. One says, in short, “Don’t you ever cook anymore?” I do, and I’ll...
- Iphone Day
Every now and then, I step out of the food groove here on OWF to write a personal message. Births are a good excuse, and this weekend must feel like one for a dear friend of ours, so it's reason enough. For the last year or year and a half—maybe...
- The Glace-a-tron 6000
Photo by Melissa Schneider. Our new ice cream maker has an official model number, the Cuisinart ICE-50BC. But I started calling it the Glace-A-Tron 6000 after I unwrapped the hulking, stainless-steel appliance, a birthday present from my mom. I...
- Alliance For Innovative Wine Packaging
The Alliance for Innovative Wine Packaging sent me a press release about a show they're doing at Copia on October 27. We'll be in Tampa by then, far away from Napa's food and wine center, but I'd love to hear a report from anyone who goes. I'm...
- Chef Derrick
As Melissa looked around at Tom's Winter Party, she noticed that Tom, William and Meriko (from her own website) looked elegant in their chef's uniforms, while my "fancy kitchen dress" was a black apron. So she came up with an idea for a Christmas...
Cooking
A Pleasant Saturday Afternoon
Photo by meriko.
We recently went to meriko's house and had some fun with nine bottles of sparkling wine. And an oyster knife. That was the best tool to hand for sabering open the bottles.
No big post—I have other plans for a sabering piece—but I did want to share this photo that meriko took of the aftermath. She got the cleanest cut of the day, visible just left of center, and plans to set up the beskirted cork as a trophy in her office.
- This Weekend's Dinner Party
Photo by Melissa Schneider. Only 2 percent of you have sounded off in the OWF 5-year Anniversary Reader Survey, but common threads have already begun to appear. One says, in short, “Don’t you ever cook anymore?” I do, and I’ll...
- Iphone Day
Every now and then, I step out of the food groove here on OWF to write a personal message. Births are a good excuse, and this weekend must feel like one for a dear friend of ours, so it's reason enough. For the last year or year and a half—maybe...
- The Glace-a-tron 6000
Photo by Melissa Schneider. Our new ice cream maker has an official model number, the Cuisinart ICE-50BC. But I started calling it the Glace-A-Tron 6000 after I unwrapped the hulking, stainless-steel appliance, a birthday present from my mom. I...
- Alliance For Innovative Wine Packaging
The Alliance for Innovative Wine Packaging sent me a press release about a show they're doing at Copia on October 27. We'll be in Tampa by then, far away from Napa's food and wine center, but I'd love to hear a report from anyone who goes. I'm...
- Chef Derrick
As Melissa looked around at Tom's Winter Party, she noticed that Tom, William and Meriko (from her own website) looked elegant in their chef's uniforms, while my "fancy kitchen dress" was a black apron. So she came up with an idea for a Christmas...