Grocery shopping is becoming weirder and weirder as the weeks pass. With food prices wildly swinging all over the map (mainly up, way up, but with the occasional “super-bargain!” thrown in as grocery stores try desperately to keep customers happy),
Tag: cooking
Oh dear. I thought after yesterday’s post about the oven with the chicken nugget setting, I’d be done with talking about food and apocalypse for the time being. But as usual, something caught my attention and I just can’t bear to
Today was a pretty good day in the realm of food reform — the FDA began two days of hearings to investigate the possible link between artificial food dyes and behavioral problems in children, such as ADHD. While the UK
Before P.’s birthday, I showed you all my experiment in natural icing dyes and talked a bit about my feelings on the subject of making cool-looking cakes for the kids in the age of food dye awareness. I’m still not
The picture at the left is tonight’s dinner — the promised Corned Beef Hash, made with the leftovers from our slow cooker meal of Tuesday evening. It turned out great, with all the elements I really appreciate in a hash
Update: 3/10/12 When I wrote this post a year ago, I hadn’t gotten my act together to try out the home-cured corned beef recipe. I STILL haven’t tried it, technically; but I did purchase the brisket today and will be
I’m not such a big fan of being sneaky with kids’ food. I mean, okay, in general I’ve got no intellectual or moral issue with putting broccoli into the mac and cheese or sweet potatoes into the pancakes, or whatever