Food News is a highly subjective round-up of the week’s most interesting newspaper food articles. A New Website for Local Products: Like so many people these days, I visit the farmers market on the weekends and value knowing where my food is coming from. So I was happy to see this article in the Chicago Tribune about [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Read, Cook, Paris with Kathleen Finn and Patricia Wells
Posted in Books, Ingredients, tagged almonds, curry, kathleen finn, patricia wells, the paris cookbook, the sharper your knife the less you cry, Zucchini on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I never tire of reading books about people who make unconventional decisions to pursue unfulfilled and seemingly crazy dreams. And I can’t get enough of learning about food and travel, especially if I can do so by reading memoirs that inspire me to cook new dishes at home and get me excited about travel. My good friend [...]
Healthy Zucchini Bread
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged baking with agave nectar, healthy zucchini bread, whole wheat pastry flour on July 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I feel more confident as a baker than a cook. Baking, for me, is happiness and accomplishment: the taste of fresh dough before it goes in the oven, all the more delicious if it contains chocolate chips; the smell of chocolate and spices and sugar baking; the anticipation of warm, fresh desserts, which start as [...]
