I have two more cookbook reviews to post in the next couple of days, but tonight, a quick story—set to music. Iris’s current favorite bedtime book is Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel, which was one of my favorites when I was a kid, too. One of the stories (which Iris calls “the crying story”) is […]
Yesterday we took Iris to the bun bakery and the central library. As we entered the children’s section of the library, I spied a book that appeared to be a children’s book about bibimbap. On closer inspection, it turned out to be a children’s book about bibimbap. Bibimbap, for the uninitiated, is a Korean dish consisting […]
I’m still in Portland, and this morning’s Sunday Oregonian had a section about bloggers and the mainstream media. It made me realize that this blog is perhaps too frivolous, so I’m taking this moment to comment on a news event occurring on the TV right in front of me: Food Network personality Sandra Lee is […]
For about six years now we’ve been making an annual spice order from Penzeys, a shop based in Wisconsin. When we started ordering from them, they had maybe three shops, all in or near their home state. In the past few years, however, they’ve been opening retail stores at a Starbucks-like rate. This culminated recently in […]
Today I decided to make penne vodka for dinner and noticed we were out of vodka, so I headed to the state liquor store. As a certified food person, I always try to buy the finest handmade artisan products. Liquor is no exception. So I am proud of my selection of a 750ml bottle of Hussar […]