Author: Patty

This post is about how to prepare foods for people living with food restrictions due to gout. Our family has people living with gout and as a result, when they… [Continue Reading]

This is the start of a detailed review of plant milks, starting with Oat Milk. As far as I can tell, this is a very ethical and environmentally friendly milk… [Continue Reading]

Animal + Alt Milks 3: This is a high level exploration of several aspects of plant milks, often as a comparison to cow’s milk. After this post, I will be… [Continue Reading]

This is a post about the Cow’s milk so many of us consume directly, or indirectly via its many byproducts. Is Milk a Wonder Food? .Well, the quick answer to… [Continue Reading]

Animal + Plant Milks 1: This is a start of a new series (the last was on Global Instant Noodles + Soups) where I look into animal and plant milks…. [Continue Reading]

What we now know as Southern (USA) Cuisine, started when Native Peoples, enslaved Africans, and European Colonists “met up” (or clashed?) in the American South. Native Peoples occupied the land… [Continue Reading]

I believe there is a big difference between Bakers and Cooks. Bakers follow recipes like a scientist. Their concerns are with exact ingredients so they use metric measuring equipment, they… [Continue Reading]

Germany is thought by many to be a country with the largest number of bread types; the posts I read listed 300, up to 3259 (1) types of bread, and… [Continue Reading]

Vite ™ Ramen Company Vite ™ Ramen is a small (~7 person) California company that was started by funds from Kickstarter, and is now advertising on Facebook. This is a… [Continue Reading]

I rely on Olive Oil for everyday cooking, and always have a bottle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Virgin Olive Oil. Without this oil, I would be hard-pressed (a… [Continue Reading]

I was reading a news article in WaPo with the heading “Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic,” and the byline was:… [Continue Reading]

Global Noodles + Soups 8: Limiting myself to the instant noodles + soups I have tasted, here is information on those manufacturers. Review: Packages of instant noodles + soups. —**—… [Continue Reading]

The foods and dishes in this post were popular all across the USA from the late 1800’s through the early 1990’s, but have been pretty much left behind. What I… [Continue Reading]