Apologies for the long delay between posts, but life recently has interfered with food blogging. One of my dogs was diagnosed with cancer in early April and is undergoing chemo (he’s doing well for now, thankfully), and we have had 15 oh-so-depressing days in a row of rain where I live. (FYI, I do not… Continue reading Slow-Roasted Salmon with Lemon Vinaigrette
For the last three weeks, I have been thinking about my next “philosophical” post, which will be on the topic of Food and Judging. I’m thinking about this topic from two angles — (1) how two or more people can eat the exact same meal and come away with completely different assessments of its culinary worth, and… Continue reading Another Easy Supper — Baked Farro with Mushrooms
In my recent post on Food, Nourishment, and Nurturing, I argued that home-cooked food consumed at the table is both more nourishing and more nurturing than convenience foods consumed on the go, and I lamented the perceived decline of the family dinner. A friend who commented on that post said that she and her husband were making… Continue reading The Easiest Weeknight Supper Ever — Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Recently, I have been doing a lot of thinking about the very interesting and complex issue of how where we live affects what we eat, and vice versa. This post simply relays my layperson’s thoughts on various aspects of this topic and does not purport to be a scholarly work. I nonetheless hope the post will be thought-provoking, and that you’ll include some of your… Continue reading Some Thoughts about the Relationship between Where We Live and What We Eat
Virtually every week, my Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box contains apples. Sometimes two apples, sometimes four apples, sometimes six apples, but always apples, apples, apples! I don’t enjoy eating raw apples, and I have not yet trained my husband to take one to work every day, so my crisper at times has contained upwards of… Continue reading When Life Gives You Apples . . . Make Applesauce!
Today’s post is devoted to the the second pillar of food ethics identified last time — how to minimize food waste. In my observation, we Americans waste a lot of food. This is especially true for those who have never known want and therefore tend not to see waste as a problem. Although I have wasted an embarrassing amount… Continue reading Food Ethics, Part Two — Waste Not, Want Not
In my youth, I spent a lot of time in my grandmother’s kitchen. She was a child of the Great Depression who was fond of saying “those who waste will come to want.” I heard this phrase every time I started to discard what I thought was an empty tub of margarine, as she would intercept it from me and eke… Continue reading Food Ethics, Part One — What They Are, and Why They’re Important
I am thinking about this question today for two reasons: (1) last night I attended an interactive event at the National Geographic Society concerning the science of taste; and (2) inspired by that, I’ve spent much of today perusing one of my favorite culinary reference books, The Flavor Bible, by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg. An exceptionally talented neighborhood… Continue reading Why Does It Taste the Way It Does?
MMMMM. . . .BEETS ARE GOOD!!! Few vegetables are as controversial as beets. With their sweet yet somewhat earthy flavor and dense yet yielding texture, they typically elicit either a love ’em or hate ’em reaction, with not many diners falling in between. I love beets at least as much as Homer Simpson loves doughnuts and beer. My husband, however, purports… Continue reading Beets. . . .Mmmmm!!!
I suppose that if one is going to have a food blog, instead of just annoying one’s friends by constantly talking about planning to have a food blog, then one must start somewhere. Today I start, with a simple overview of who I am, why I feel compelled to write a food blog, and what to expect on these… Continue reading And So It Begins. . . .
Capitol Hill Cooks 