Archive for September, 2008

The white stuff

Monday, September 8th, 2008

“Four—chops. I’ve just written the word ‘chops.’ Not really sure where I was going with that one. Any idea?” -The Pirate Captain I suspect he was reading Jennifer McLagan’s new cookbook, Fat, and slavering over the cover photo of lamb chops. Wow, talk about a niche product. Would you buy a whole cookbook about animal […]

Genuine pirate artifact

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Found on K. Rool’s pirate ship.

The corn of our lives

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

People, I have neglected you. Is the magic gone? Can’t we work this out? Let me answer that in five beautiful words: Corn will also be served. Every summer, and on into fall, I buy corn from Alvarez Farm on Sunday and cook it up the same night. This year I came across two best-ever […]

Peanutty

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

The rise in food prices has been mostly annoying, of course, but the other day I was at QFC and said, “Hey, that’s cool.” I was in the cooking oil section. The price of canola is way, way up. The price of peanut hasn’t changed. (Yet.) I keep good Hong Kong peanut oil in my […]