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Got Breast Milk?
I am simultaneously intrigued and disgusted! Why should something we thrived on at infancy now seem so vile? Revulsion aside, I still doubt we'll ever see it sold by the bottle from the grocery. All my information about producing human milk comes from my sister, who has been breast-feeding for less than a year. But from my non-expert viewpoint, it is too much work without enough output to ever make it a viable market. My niece gobbles up every drop my sister can get out, and both feeding and pumping sound exhausting.
Celebrating Mardi Gras with King Cake
Cool, I had never heard the concepts behind the Mardi Gras colors before. As a native New Orleanian, I suppose I just take them for granted as tradition.
And I must add, after living in NY for five years, I've noticed the only people who have ever heard of king cake are either from somewhere between East Texas and West Georgia, or have deliberately learned about it while spending time in NOLA during carnival season. Most Mardi Gras tourists are there to check out what the bars are offering, no the bakeries. That would make for a very small pool of "qualified" writers for a food blog based out of NY...
Happy Hour: Pequena in Fort Greene
I adore this place, but had no idea they had a happy hour. Only problem is that the time slot will be nearly impossible to catch... Is it every weekday?
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Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
"Jambalaya" from the Junior League of New Orleans. I never cooked while growing up there, but these recipes bring me authentic nola tastes. That's something no current New Orleans restaurant in NYC has actually achieved (if only Jacques-Imo's upper west side was still open).
Got Breast Milk?
I am simultaneously intrigued and disgusted! Why should something we thrived on at infancy now seem so vile? Revulsion aside, I still doubt we'll ever see it sold by the bottle from the grocery. All my information about producing human milk comes from my sister, who has been breast-feeding for less than a year. But from my non-expert viewpoint, it is too much work without enough output to ever make it a viable market. My niece gobbles up every drop my sister can get out, and both feeding and pumping sound exhausting.
Celebrating Mardi Gras with King Cake
Cool, I had never heard the concepts behind the Mardi Gras colors before. As a native New Orleanian, I suppose I just take them for granted as tradition.
And I must add, after living in NY for five years, I've noticed the only people who have ever heard of king cake are either from somewhere between East Texas and West Georgia, or have deliberately learned about it while spending time in NOLA during carnival season. Most Mardi Gras tourists are there to check out what the bars are offering, no the bakeries. That would make for a very small pool of "qualified" writers for a food blog based out of NY...
Happy Hour: Pequena in Fort Greene
I adore this place, but had no idea they had a happy hour. Only problem is that the time slot will be nearly impossible to catch... Is it every weekday?
Blogwatch: Tofu Stir-Fry with Spinach and Okra
Indeed, it never occurred to this southern girl to try okra a stir fry... Looks great.
Happy Hour: Bar Reis and Ginger's Bar in Park Slope
I recommend take out from Chip Shop, then hitting the bars. The fried smell at the restaurant can be overwhelming, though the food is certainly delicious!
Happy Hour: The Brazen Head in Boerum Hill
Love this place - always have a good time. Plus, during the day, you can get things notarized!
How to Celebrate the Inauguration in New York City
Why would a blogger mask her political opinion when reporting on politically themed events?
Happy Hour: Rock-N-Sake in Chelsea
Great! A New Orleans export is finally getting a decent review in NYC.
A Guide to the Best Doughnuts in New York
It's upsetting beingets couldn't make the donut list, but the only ones I've sampled up here are pretty pathetic.
Top Ten Worst Halloween 'Candies'
Necco and tootsie rolls are my favorites...
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I can't believe Planter's cheese balls did not make this list! I miss those more than any other childhood junk...
Happy Hour: The Levee in Williamsburg
Cheese balls and frito pie... I'm there.
Best of New York Empanadas
Can't wait to try the Manchego one from Luz!
Blogwatch: Squash Jam
Well, it is still a sweet jam, though I think we've gotten used to preserves that approach candy with their sugar content. I would be interested in adding some other spices to this spreadable squash. It sounds like a great arena for experimentation.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Italian Snacks'
Pic-a-Peppa sauce over a block of cream cheese served with Triscuits
Environmentally Friendly Gingerbread House
It may not have the charm of a typical Victorian model, but I love that it brings modern green concepts into common holiday practice - get a jump start on preparing the next generation for a new way of American living!
Menu: Vegan Thanksgiving
This all sounds great from a meat-eating perspective, too. Must try the cranberry sauce - I'm ashamed to say I've been satisfied with the canned stuff all these years...
A Slice of Chocolate Pie Chart
Not being chocolate hardly keeps white chocolate from being delicious, so I'm all for the mix.
In Videos: Neko Rahmen Taishō, a Film About a Ramen-Cooking Cat
Will have to watch with my cat. See if she gets the hint it's time to start pitching in around the house...
Menu: Vegan Thanksgiving
does anyone have a good tofurkey recipe, i am the only vegetarian in my house but have the upper hand since i do most of the cooking. everyone is ok with the idea as long as it is good so i need a very flavorful recipe
Top Ten Worst Halloween 'Candies'
I disagree about a lot of the candy items mentioned here.
I, for one, LOVE the fun-sized (or mini, if you prefer) candies. It's a tiny bit of something insanely tasty, enough to give pleasure without causing tummy pains. When I was a young'un and I went trick-or-treating, one house gave out mini Clark bars. Yum-o-delish! I polished those off first.
I think the chewy peanut butter kisses taste absolutely divine.
Candy corn, I think is plenty of tasty, as are the candy pumpkins made of candy-corn base. Think little dollops of hardened cake-frosting.
As for apples and raisins, those I didn't mind in the least.
However, some items, I do agree about.
Toothbrushes -- a boring reminder
Religious pamphlets -- disappointing and WEIRD to boot.
Packages of "normal" food -- oh, for crying in Manhattan, what kid wants to receive a can of baked beans or a box of oat bran in his little plastic jack-o-lantern.
One time I received cough drops -- and not the Ludens or Pine Bros or Smith Bros or F&Fs, which are tasty and could pass as hard candy (as can the Ricolas). These were nasty little green pellets that were -- and tasted like -- MEDICATION. Like I said, for crying in Manhattan! For crying in Manhattan, Chicago, and San Francisco
Oh well. At least I didn't get a ROCK
Top Ten Worst Halloween 'Candies'
If I didn't live in an apartment building with no kids in it I'd be giving out and full sized candy bar AND a red bull to every kid. HAHAHA!!! HALLOWEEN IS FOR KIDS! SUCK IT PARENTS!
Menu: Vegan Thanksgiving
I'm already thinking about this year's tofurkey! We'll have my parents over this year, so I think we will have all the traditional side dishes to distract them form the lack of a dead bird. I like the traditional side dishes anyway, as most of them lend themselves to being prepared vegan. Those Lemon Broiled Green Beans sound pretty good. I know my wife has thusfar found no real replacement for string beans cooked with cream of mushroom soup and durkee fried onions.
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
For years I went to Martha's Vineyard in August and entertained
using a cookbook I bought at a local bakery--Scottish Bakehouse
Cookbook by Isabella White. I used it until the pages came unglued
and put a rubberband around it. Julia inspired me to just use a
cookbook as a starting point and create your own style. Thanks, Elaine
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything is the dirtiest (aka most used) cookbook in my kitchen, I always find inspiration in Tom Valenti's Soups, Stews, and One-Pot Meals.
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
The French Chef, of course! When we were married 38 years ago, my husband-to-be's next door neighbor gave us a Swing Way can opener and a copy of The French Chef. I have been using both all these years, but the French Chef has many more miles on it. I was 19, had never cooked and knew back then, in a very un-feminist way, that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach. It worked! I love this book and always will.
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
Cooked to Perfection by Anne Willan
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food, by Andrew Carmellini. I'm a vegetarian, but there are still plenty of recipes for me to try. I repeatedly take it out of the library. Please, someone buy me this book for Christmas!
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
The Silver Palate Cookbook. Pavlova, anyone?
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
An autographed copy of Craig Claiborne’s New York Times Cookbook. One evening after a school dance, friends descended on my parent’s home and one of them piped up, “Where’s the eggs benedict?” I popped into the kitchen and shortly produced something resembling poached eggs with Hollandaise. (One egg never made it past the side of the stove.) From that first effort, I prepared several other winning recipes like Knockwurst in beer. Fast forward 15 years and dozens of other cookbooks and I am co-author of Passport to New York Restaurants and auction correspondent for Wine Spectator.
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
My favorite cookbook is the 1950's edition of the Betty Crocker Cookbook. It has wonderful recipes for baking, especially cakes. Although there is a "revised, modern" Betty Crocker Cookbook, the 1950's edition was reissued unrevised some years ago. It's worth getting if you like real American home-style baking.
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen by Grace Young. The dishes really tastes like the ones I had growing up.
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
Heidi Swanson's Super Natural Cooking - This was a life saver... I lived in an obese family and these books taught me to enjoy food that was good for me as well as cook them. The book itself helped me identify and minimize my processed fats, grains,& sweeteners
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
The James Beard Cookbook ~ my very first cookbook from which I learned that there was more to cooking than my mother's standard operating procedure of putting a hunk of meat under the broiler, plopping frozen vegies into pots of boiling water, and pitching potatoes into the oven to bake.
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
Alice Water's - The Art of Simple Food
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book, my mom used hers all the time and now that I'm away from home I use the one she bought for me! just the classics : )
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
the homemade one my mom gave me of her recipes.
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
My grandmother's cookbook, which is a collection of her own recipes as well as others she's cooked and tweaked to make her own throughout the years
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
As a girl I read and reread Joy of Cooking but I also loved to read the more fantastical Bull Cookbook. (Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices) by George Leonard Herter and Berthe E. Herter. In addition to world history and culinary pratter, the book includes recipes on everything from fried snapping turtle and scandinavian fish tongues to dressing a game bird, making jerky and dandelion wine.
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen by Grace Young
For its authentic recipes and techniques, as well as demystifying certain ingredients
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
The Gourmet Cookbook by Ruth Reichl
With over 1000 recipes, as well as educational pages, it has all of the information you need!
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
Nigella Lawson - Nigella Bites
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
Pie by Ken Haedrich. Just the title alone. Also, probably the only cookbook where the photos made me say "wow, i want to make that" and not "wow, i would never want to spend all of the time to make it look that pretty."
Win Tickets to an NYC Advance Screening of 'Julie and Julia'
bread bakers apprentice
you can survive on bread alone
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"Jambalaya" from the Junior League of New Orleans. I never cooked while growing up there, but these recipes bring me authentic nola tastes. That's something no current New Orleans restaurant in NYC has actually achieved (if only Jacques-Imo's upper west side was still open).