Lara Ferroni held a photo contest. The winner in the “edibility” category was a photo of phad thai from Rice and Noodles, a blog by Mae Gabriel. I wanted to eat it immediately. If you don’t want to eat it immediately, I’m not sure we’re going to hit it off. The recipe called for Maesri phad […]
There’s an odd vacuum in the local hamburger bun market. You like sesame seed buns, right? I do. What I don’t like is a bun so large that it dwarfs my patty or forces me to make a gargantuan meat disc. When I go to the supermarket, however, all I ever see is normal-sized plain […]
Natalie asks: Were you and Iris on the food network? I don’t have cable, but my parents swear that they saw a bit with you and Iris in it. I want to believe them, yet I’ve heard nothing of it from your side of the family. Okay, it’s true. You can view the spot online. The […]
I’m an enthusiastic consumer of new and limited-edition candy bars, but I rarely write about them, because I leave that to the expert: Cybele May of CandyBlog. But there’s a new bar that I’m so excited about, I have to sing it loud. (Don’t worry, there won’t be an actual song.) For a long time I’ve […]
My vegetable adventure began with butternut squash. It didn’t go so well. I made a recipe from Fine Cooking for sauteed butternut squash chunks with ginger, garlic, and spices. As Laurie put it, “The flavor is good, but the texture is bland.” I found that any given chunk was either stringy or mushy. Conclusion: I […]