Cooking
- A Diminutive Dinner Party
We have begun to entertain again. Not, I should add, in earnest. We are rusty at the dinner party game, and so we are swinging our foot along the surface of the water, pushing wavelets about before we jump in. But nonetheless, some people other than...
- Peanut Butter Truffles
I have been on a peanut-butter-and-chocolate kick. Sitting near our office vending machine hasn’t helped. It is always stocked with at least one Reese’s product: Sticks, Cups, or — for one heavenly week — Pieces. I know these...
- In Search Of Real Food? Skip Yahoo
The other day, I got a press release that serves as a case study in trying to trick potential customers. Hellmann's (or Best Foods for those on this side of the country) has partnered with Yahoo! Food in a campaign they call The Search For Real Food. Hellmann's....
- The New York Times On Dinner Parties
The New York Times has a close-to-home article about foodie dinner parties. Modern hosts worry about serving the best food, finding the most local ingredients, using the best china, hand making everything, receiving judgment about their food, and so forth....
- Ta-dah!
New lay-out! That's why I haven't been posting so much lately, I've spend hours and hours trying to make this one - do you realize just how much time one can spend doing this?!?! I know Ana must - and Jennifer - there's a lot of people...
Cooking
Don't Drop That Fork
My co-worker Aaron sent me this link to Dinner in the Sky. It's not airplane food but a table suspended 50 meters in the air "by a team of professionals." Twenty-two diners get the table for eight hours for about 8000 euros. Don't worry if it rains; the table has a canopy. I assume dessert is "pie in the sky."
Too bad this didn't exist—or I didn't know about it—when I went to Belgium for IPP; I'm sure I could've rounded up a few people to try it with me.
- A Diminutive Dinner Party
We have begun to entertain again. Not, I should add, in earnest. We are rusty at the dinner party game, and so we are swinging our foot along the surface of the water, pushing wavelets about before we jump in. But nonetheless, some people other than...
- Peanut Butter Truffles
I have been on a peanut-butter-and-chocolate kick. Sitting near our office vending machine hasn’t helped. It is always stocked with at least one Reese’s product: Sticks, Cups, or — for one heavenly week — Pieces. I know these...
- In Search Of Real Food? Skip Yahoo
The other day, I got a press release that serves as a case study in trying to trick potential customers. Hellmann's (or Best Foods for those on this side of the country) has partnered with Yahoo! Food in a campaign they call The Search For Real Food. Hellmann's....
- The New York Times On Dinner Parties
The New York Times has a close-to-home article about foodie dinner parties. Modern hosts worry about serving the best food, finding the most local ingredients, using the best china, hand making everything, receiving judgment about their food, and so forth....
- Ta-dah!
New lay-out! That's why I haven't been posting so much lately, I've spend hours and hours trying to make this one - do you realize just how much time one can spend doing this?!?! I know Ana must - and Jennifer - there's a lot of people...