Tag Archives: food culture I don’t know what I was thinking, I probably wasn’t thinking at all, but on Sunday I decided to make my debut in canning by making pickled beets and lemon curd in one afternoon! I owe this inspiration to my recent meeting with Marisa McClellan author of the blog and cookbook Food in Jars . I saw […]  Last week I decided to splurge and went to my favorite local bakery Artisan Boulanger Patisserie, in the East Passyunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, and found a Philadelphia Cronut! Having had the original I would say that this was quite different. Artisan Boulanger calls their product a croissant beignet. The structure was made up of layers […]  I was shopping yesterday and I picked up a container of heavy cream, and all I have to say is do you know what’s in there? I didn’t take a picture of the container, and I’m sorry I didn’t because on the front of the container was a disclaimer that there is no known difference […]  Smorgasburg is held every Saturday in Williamsburg Brooklyn. I have been wanting to go ever since I first heard about it, and this weekend I finally did, and wasn’t disappointed! I picked up my friend Corrine Saturday morning,and off we went. Traffic was light, parking was easy (and free) and the the weather perfect. But […]  Last week I was watching The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and one of the chefs offered this gem: ‘The secret to our great food is that we use only the best ingredients’. Naturally my inner sarcastic smart-ass who I’ve mainly learned to silence (mainly) had quite a bit to say about that! Starting with […] |
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