This current round of America’s Food Secrets has immersed me in mediocrity for all too long. It is amazing how poorly written and edited are many of these community fund raiser cookbooks which are the subject texts of our project – as they say, “you’ve got to kiss a lot of frogs, if you [...]
Archive for October, 2009
America’s Food Secrets #7, Binghamton, New York
Posted in America's Food Secrets, Food, tagged America's Food Secrets, Binghamton New York, Favorite Recipes - St. Mary of the Assumption, fresh tomato pasta dish, Italian immigrants, Pasta a la Caprese, the valley of opportunity on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Doctor Revisits the Woods
Posted in Oregon, mushrooms, tagged chanterelle sauce, Lydia Bastianich, mushroom bloom, mushroom mycelium, mushrooms, Robert Frost, the woods, white chanterelle on October 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“… The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep …”
In this, arguably, most famous of poems of Robert Frost, the poet is suggesting that we are often tempted in life by things along the way – things that are lovely, dark, and deep. And I [...]
1997 – Drfugawe Discovers the Existence of Banh Mi
Posted in Food, baking, tagged Asian groceries, banh mi, banh mi bread, French baguette, rice flour, vietnam on October 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
When I first came to Oregon in 1997, one of my pleasant surprises was the number of Asian groceries – Yes, there were Asian groceries in Jacksonville, where I was moving from, but not in the number, or as well stocked as these I was now seeing. I would often simply spend several hours [...]
So, Who Really Writes Bread Books?
Posted in Food, baking, tagged Bread Alone, Daniel Leader, Local Breads, Pumpernickle with Raisins, Sourdough Pumpernickle on October 14, 2009 | 12 Comments »
There is a buffoon who I occasionally see on TV plugging his now relatively famous book about getting free government grants/money. I can’t remember his name, but I once went to a writer’s workshop where he did a session – very interesting! Where most writing workshops tend to suggest an aspiring writer pick [...]
Fermenting Fun with My Bacteria Friends
Posted in Canning, Food, Preserving, tagged cucumbers, dill pickles, fermentation, full sour pickles, New pickles, open crock pickles, pickle brine, pickles, salt pickling on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Those of us who dare to dabble in the world of sourdough often get our noses pushed into our bowls of starter – we are forced to learn more than we really wanted to when we first began the adventure. But it is a fascinating world of bacteria, of fungi, of fermentation – Oh [...]
