Tag Archives: love of food Bacon continues to dominate the world, and though I am still a fan, though I have found a replacement and pecans are my new bacon. I seem to be adding them to everything, and everything I add them to is better for it. Toasted pecans (and you must toast them) add flavor, texture and depth to foods. They’re […]  I have a food blog, and for the past month I have been not been cooking. Oh sure, I have cooked a few things, some cauliflower soup, a roasted chicken, and last week I made some macaroni and cheese and used smoked cheese, but nothing I was even moved to photograph or make notes about. I write […]  If there has been one constant in my life, it has surely been my appetite. Each day I’d wake to the insistent rumblings in my stomach and my daily battle would begin. Would my appetite for yummy, fatty or sweet indulgences win, or would I quell my hunger with something more wholesome and healthy? On […]  There are still people who use margarine rather than butter, and what you do in your own home is certainly your business, but when I go to a restaurant, and I include any place that serves food in exchange for money in that category I expect the real deal. Not so long ago I met […]  August 15th is Julia Child’s 103rd birthday, and I raise a toast and say ‘Happy birthday Julia!’ When I was in culinary school one of my chefs was talking about her one day and said “Julia Child was the first homie” Huh? When I asked him what he meant he explained that she was the person who elevated […] |
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