A former room mate of mine had a book titled “What to Eat When there’s Nothing in the House for Dinner” (or something similarly labeled). We were in college then, subsisting on a stipend from our parents and the pittance netted from various part-time jobs (copy editing at the University of Maryland’s daily for [...]
Thanksgiving 2006 — the first time I’d be spending the holiday in California in a decade — dawned bright and clear and crisp. All day long it felt like a holiday, perhaps because of the weather, but most certainly because of all the cooking that went on. I did not make as much [...]
This article in the New York Times from a few months ago (I think it is restricted-acess for Times subscribers; sorry) about amuse-bouches at first had me thinking the phenomenon is just another “foodie trend.” Who would make small-scale tastes of soup and little bites just so guests could have a pre-dinner, post-drink sip [...]
This morning I have been gorging on the online Thanksgiving ideas offered by the food sections of Washington Post, NY Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle (my winner: the Chronicle, because it includes a vegetarian menu on its site that is not composed of Tofurkey or a veggie loaf). My loving one is going to [...]
