Cooking
I love words. I love discovering new words or being surprised by words I thought I knew the meaning of, for example, I thought I knew what a biddy was. It turns out that a biddy is a chicken and the use of the word dates back to the 17th century. Sometime in the late 18th century it came into the vocabulary as a deragatory slang word for "old lady" probably much as "chick" came to be known as girl or woman in the 1960's. In this century one rarely sees "biddy" on the menu though.
Hmmm, a biddy in every pot? Maybe not!
- Contest Winners
Congratulations to Alicat, Michelle and Sky. They each will receive Cook Until Desired Tenderness, by Cleo Papanikolas, as they were the first to correctly identify the fake stage was: D. Glass Feather, the most popular guess, was indeed a stage of sugar...
- All About Chutney
I first had chutney served with Indian food, probably with curry. It was thick and gloppy and vinegary but I loved it anyway. Since that time I have eaten chutney with roasted meats such as lamb and pork and I can't bear to eat a cheese sandwich...
- French Tea
When you think about tea, do you think of England? No question the British are big tea drinkers. When I spent a few weeks in the South of England one summer we drank tea no less than 5 times a day. But when I think about tea I also think of France where...
- Art Of Eating, Number 76
Ed Behr’s quarterly, The Art of Eating, distinguishes itself from other food and wine publications in a number of ways: quality of writing/editing, depth of research, and lack of ads. But perhaps the most unusual aspect is a seeming lack of word...
- A Healthy Debate? Or A Healthful One?
At the end of November, Shuna of eggbeater posted a handful of her food writing pet peeves. Among them, she distinguished "healthful" from "healthy." "Food is not healthy," she wrote, "people are." Poised to type "healthy" one morning in early January,...
Cooking
Biddy
I love words. I love discovering new words or being surprised by words I thought I knew the meaning of, for example, I thought I knew what a biddy was. It turns out that a biddy is a chicken and the use of the word dates back to the 17th century. Sometime in the late 18th century it came into the vocabulary as a deragatory slang word for "old lady" probably much as "chick" came to be known as girl or woman in the 1960's. In this century one rarely sees "biddy" on the menu though.
Hmmm, a biddy in every pot? Maybe not!
- Contest Winners
Congratulations to Alicat, Michelle and Sky. They each will receive Cook Until Desired Tenderness, by Cleo Papanikolas, as they were the first to correctly identify the fake stage was: D. Glass Feather, the most popular guess, was indeed a stage of sugar...
- All About Chutney
I first had chutney served with Indian food, probably with curry. It was thick and gloppy and vinegary but I loved it anyway. Since that time I have eaten chutney with roasted meats such as lamb and pork and I can't bear to eat a cheese sandwich...
- French Tea
When you think about tea, do you think of England? No question the British are big tea drinkers. When I spent a few weeks in the South of England one summer we drank tea no less than 5 times a day. But when I think about tea I also think of France where...
- Art Of Eating, Number 76
Ed Behr’s quarterly, The Art of Eating, distinguishes itself from other food and wine publications in a number of ways: quality of writing/editing, depth of research, and lack of ads. But perhaps the most unusual aspect is a seeming lack of word...
- A Healthy Debate? Or A Healthful One?
At the end of November, Shuna of eggbeater posted a handful of her food writing pet peeves. Among them, she distinguished "healthful" from "healthy." "Food is not healthy," she wrote, "people are." Poised to type "healthy" one morning in early January,...