This month on Culinate: The Chronic Among the many names I have taken on in my imaginary rap career is Big Crust. This is, after all, the literal translation of the French word croûton. I’m confident that I bust phatter croutons than my East Coast compatriots, and in a few minutes, so will you. (Substitute […]
Yesterday at the farmers market, when we were buying our eggs from Eagleman Farms, the proprietor asked, “Were you the ones looking for buckwheat honey?” We hadn’t, but I couldn’t resist taking home a jar of it. I love buckwheat honey—just an aspect of my general preference for the most intense version of whatever product […]
Am I the only one who loves Toffifay? I like how the chocolate goes deeper than it looks, and how the bottom looks like plastic, but it’s edible! “No wonder Toffifay is so popular with more and more people every day!” says the Storck web site. They wish! Toffifay lovers, come forward.
Today in Serious Eats: Food Allergies in the News A recent 60 Minutes broadcast with Anderson Cooper examined a third-world nutrition supplement called (I love this name) Plumpy’Nut, a fortified peanut butter. “What about peanut allergies?” Cooper asked Dr. Susan Shepherd, head of Doctors Without Borders in Niger. “In developing countries, food allergy is not […]
