Getting ready for the big event!
Daunting. That’s all I’m going to say. If you’re at all like me the thought of making a steamed Victorian pudding sends shivers up your spine. You’ve heard about them and they sound mysterious, dark, and difficult. What on earth would you steam the… Continue reading | 5 Comments
Muffins have been around in our food culture for a long time. The word muffin first appears in print in the 18th century and appears as a recipe by the mid-18th century. I found two different descriptions of where the word came from. One source claimed it was an old French term which when applied to bread means soft. The other… Continue reading
There are quite a few cabbage recipes in Great Aunt Lillian’s cookbook. It’s the end of the “spring” season cabbage weather here in the south and we won’t get any more in our local Farmer’s Market’s (I’m partial to the Five Points Market that takes place right outside my museum door!) until fall.
I’ve been meaning to make the interesting… Continue reading
Summer is here and the Five Points Farmers Market is in full swing right outside my door at work every Thursday afternoon. So I thought it would be good if I tried one of Aunt Lillian’s vegetable recipes. There’s been lots of cabbage in the market right now, so I thought I’d try her Cabbage with French Dressing, which is essentially a Cole Slaw recipe. But, it’s not… Continue reading
Everyone is talking about the Slow Food Movement now and rightfully so. It’s great to get away from the additives, high fructose corn syrups, and processed foods that we, as Americans, have become so accustomed to eating. Going back to our roots and eating food made from scratch, using local ingredients, and organic products is really the way to go both for health and for the local economy… Continue reading | 3 Comments
This year of shopping without chains has changed so much of how we think about our purchases. For instance, this summer Dan and I have, for the first time ever, gotten to know who is producing much of the food we eat. I really never gave this a thought prior to this summer. Food just appeared at the grocery store or the organic
I’ve been drinking organic milk for years. Organic milk seemed a safer alternative for not much more money. And more recently, I’ve become even more convinced that organic milk is the only way to go because industrial farmers are injecting their milk cows with bovine growth hormones, antibiotics, and who knows what else.
As the major supermarket chains began to… Continue reading
Very! Prior to a few months ago, buying locally grown meat was something I never knew or even thought about.
Free-Range Chickens
But now I do. Why? First off, after reading Fast Food Nation and now my current book, Omnivore’s Dilemma, I am so much more aware about the meat… Continue reading | 2 Comments
