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
Many thanks to my dear friend Christine, who has been an early supporter of this blog, for planting the seed for today’s post. Christine broke her leg, and I mean really broke it severely, while traveling in Norway recently. When I volunteered to take her some supper last week, she suggested that an exploration of the relationship between… Continue reading Some Thoughts on Food, Nourishment, and Nurturing
It’s soup season! Or at least it should be. Some would say that 60-degree days in December are a blessing, but I must confess that I find them downright disturbing — an unmistakable sign that all is not well with Planet Earth. Thankfully, in spite of the wacky weather, the earth still manages to produce… Continue reading Soup Season!
Capitol Hill Cooks 