This is a post about a revelation I had several years ago that finally clicked on what I have eaten all around this world, and what I have cooked and… [Continue Reading]
Cooking for Your Diet Options
When I cook for others, I try to take their diet restrictions and incorporate it into the meal I will serve everyone. This means I research whatever diet someone is… [Continue Reading]
Technique: Brine, Marinate, Pickle + Cure
I regularly make quick pickles, have made sauerkraut, and recently posted [Little Cultured Pickle For Me], so have some experience with this topic. Historically, brining, marinating, pickling, and curing are… [Continue Reading]
Bringing Oxtails Into My Cooking
I cook with oxtails, but I know only three ways to use them: 1) as meat-bones for making bone broths, 2) as part of making soups, and 3) as part… [Continue Reading]
A Little Cultured Pickle For Me
For my birthday this year, my best friend and my spouse, took me out for lunch at the Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkeley, California. They made reservations to sit in… [Continue Reading]
Do You Eat a Gluten Free Diet?
This topic is rife with personal feelings, so when stated upfront that nothing I have found indicates that a gluten-free diet is a healthier way to eat, or even that… [Continue Reading]
Technique: Frying Food
Published 15 April 2022; updated 4 May 2022 Frying food is one of the techniques I use a lot, and it is believed to have first appeared in the Ancient Egyptian… [Continue Reading]
My Healthy Chili + American Variations
I wrote a post on what I thought about American Cuisine and food created in the USA. Chili Con Carne (chilies with meat) is one of those American dishes that… [Continue Reading]
Fighting the Decline of Diversity
A friend sent me a link to a Vox article: The extinction crisis that no one’s talking about: coffee, wine, and wheat varieties are among the foods we could lose… [Continue Reading]
Five Ways to Cook Rice
There are generally five different methods for cooking rice: stovetop – pilaf – risotto – steaming – boiling; and each produces very different results. Which cooking technique to use, depends… [Continue Reading]
Putin’s War is a Global Domino
Columbia University’s Research Director Puma and Associate Professor Konar wrote a NYT opinion regarding Putin’s War against Ukraine. Specifically, they expressed concerns about this war leading to increased food prices,… [Continue Reading]
Colcannon is Irish Bia Baile
Colcannon is a traditional creamy Irish mashed potatoes dish made with cabbage or kale, scallions or leeks, and butter. But there are many variations, and special ways to use up… [Continue Reading]
