Cooking
- Jacques Pepin: Fast Food My Way
Watching cooking shows on TV is one of my favorite pastimes. It's entertainment, sure, but I also learn a lot. My all-time favorite television chef is Jacques Pepin. I have many of his cookbooks and watch his television series religiously (let's...
- Jacques Pepin
You learn by doing. How many times have you heard that? It couldn't be more true when it comes to cooking. I have been very lucky to learn from my parents who are both good cooks and to learn from a wonderful cook whose family I lived with in Italy....
- Pre-k Cooking Class: Pizza!
Last week, Alex's teacher called and asked if I could come in this week to cook with the kids. Automatically, I said yes. I gave it a bit of thought, going through some of Alex's cookbooks for ideas, but ultimately settled on one of the most...
- Not About Food: Blogday 2007
Take the OWF 5-year anniversary reader survey. Today is BlogDay, an annual event where bloggers point the way to five “new” blogs. I interpret that phrase to mean “new, perhaps, to you” rather than “less than one year old.”...
- Fizzy Fruit Coming Soon
The Fizzy Fruit company will bring their carbon-dioxide-injected fruits to retail outlets this month, says the Portland Business Journal. The gassy fruits already have a following in 50 school districts throughout the U.S., but most adult shoppers don't...
Cooking
Violent Acres On Children's Diets
The caustic voice behind the Violent Acres blog asserts, with only a few points of empirical evidence, that processed food and special attention turn kids into picky eaters. It's worth noting that she doesn't have kids (or I don't think she does), but Jacques Pepin suggested the same principle. He's always seemed to have a good attitude: This is what we're eating for dinner, and if you don't like it the kitchen is right over there.
But I'll let you parents make your own decisions about her post.
- Jacques Pepin: Fast Food My Way
Watching cooking shows on TV is one of my favorite pastimes. It's entertainment, sure, but I also learn a lot. My all-time favorite television chef is Jacques Pepin. I have many of his cookbooks and watch his television series religiously (let's...
- Jacques Pepin
You learn by doing. How many times have you heard that? It couldn't be more true when it comes to cooking. I have been very lucky to learn from my parents who are both good cooks and to learn from a wonderful cook whose family I lived with in Italy....
- Pre-k Cooking Class: Pizza!
Last week, Alex's teacher called and asked if I could come in this week to cook with the kids. Automatically, I said yes. I gave it a bit of thought, going through some of Alex's cookbooks for ideas, but ultimately settled on one of the most...
- Not About Food: Blogday 2007
Take the OWF 5-year anniversary reader survey. Today is BlogDay, an annual event where bloggers point the way to five “new” blogs. I interpret that phrase to mean “new, perhaps, to you” rather than “less than one year old.”...
- Fizzy Fruit Coming Soon
The Fizzy Fruit company will bring their carbon-dioxide-injected fruits to retail outlets this month, says the Portland Business Journal. The gassy fruits already have a following in 50 school districts throughout the U.S., but most adult shoppers don't...