Tag Archives: food culture The media machine still seems think that a woman’s place is in the kitchen preparing dinner for her husband and children, while they sit and wait to be served. What’s up with this commercial? Though I find Goya commercials particularly sexist/momist, they are not alone in perpetuating a scenario that has greatly shifted in the […]  You don’t hear much about barley (except here, where I seem to write about it a lot). It is similar in nutrition to quinoa, but not nearly as trendy. I am heralding barley as the nutritional, grain underdog, Barley Power! So far I’ve shown recipes for barley in soup, and I will again, but today […]  Who doesn’t want to shop like a chef? Have you ever seen a chef shopping? If you do, follow them around and watch what they buy. What chefs and professional cooks prepare at home isn’t the sort of fare you get a restaurants. Most professionals make simple, well prepared food. They use good ingredients, […]  I have a lot of barley in my pantry, no doubt the result of poor inventory procedures… So I’m making some more soup. It has gotten quite cold, quite fast here, and soup will warm my hands and belly. Like a lot of people, I grew up on Campbell’s soup, occasionally we’d get Progresso, if […]  Slow Cooker Caponata Makes about 8 cups 1 Medium to Large Eggplant 1/4 Cup Olive Oil 2 Lbs Roma Tomatoes 1 Onion diced 1 Cup celery in 1/4″ slices 1 2 Oz. Can of Anchovies drained and chopped (optional) 1 Cup Golden Raisins 1 TBL Sugar 1/2 Tsp Crushed Red Pepper 3 TBL Minced […] |
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