Unsolicited Advice for Thanksgiving Prep, Part 2
[Click here for Part One of Unsolicited Advice for Thanksgiving] Thanksgiving Prep: Time Line Warning: This post is full of great information, but I mean what I say when I call it unsolicited advice....
View ArticleUnveiling the Latest Mystery Food
Hint: Purim’s coming! This month’s mystery food (see previous post) is a slow-cooked filling of poppy seeds and golden raisins, known as mohn if you speak German or Yiddish. I began with Gil Marks’...
View ArticleYou say “Mishloach Manot,” I say “Edible Quilting”
[Image courtesy of www.someecards.com] Welcome to the final article in my Purim Prep series. This is my favorite of the four articles, because it ends with a project that unites two of this blog’s...
View ArticleYiddish + Kentucky = Kiddishky Comfort Food
For UK fans, the less said about Saturday night’s UK-UConn game the better (especially since, uh, I didn’t watch it, though I vicariously grieve because I love my husband and his family). Before the...
View ArticleRecipe Composition Contest: Patchwork Gazpacho
Gazpacho is a summery way to drink your superfoods–a red alternative to green drinks. (But not sunburn red–more like a red sunset.) Your challenge: 1) Make your go-to gazpacho recipe, but add the...
View ArticleMontreal: A Patchwork of Murals and Meals
The organizing principle of patchwork applies everywhere that two or more interesting items come together. Imaginative combinations surpass the sum of their parts. This past weekend, I explored and ate...
View Article1 Week Left to Play: Patchwork Gazpacho Contest
Three weeks ago I announced the Patchwork Gazpacho recipe contest. I call it Patchwork Gazpacho because when I’m in cookbooking mode, “patchwork” refers to colorful, unconventional ingredient...
View ArticlePatchwork Gazpacho Recipe
Um, no one entered my patchwork gazpacho recipe composition contest, so I’ll make future contests composition-free. Here’s my patchwork gazpacho recipe. Please give me constructive criticism or...
View ArticleMystery Goblin Food Photo: the Reveal
The Twittered guess: “Red peppers in a marinade w/zombie brains.” Extra credit for creativity, Cindy, but the answer is tomato paste squeezed out of a tube and gravy fat and pan drippings. Now I want...
View ArticleTwo women who spread peace with bread and circuits
May their children e-mail one another and not bomb one another May they download each other’s mother’s bread recipes This line from the poem “Fayetteville as in Fate” comes from E-mails from...
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