To get kids interested in math and science, Towson University’s Hackerman Academy holds Saturday events like Spiders on the Planet Mercury, Intergalactic Tour of the Universe, and the lovely workshop I attended – The Science of Chocolate! Nearly every seat in the auditorium was filled, showing that chocolate is a great way to get kids interested in science. But chocolate is [...]
Archive for November, 2009
The Science of Chocolate, Part I – History
Posted in Baltimore, Ingredients, tagged chocolate, chocolate history, chocolate production on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Break – Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted in Fun Food Bites on November 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ll be taking a break from posting this week (my latest article for class is taking longer than I thought!). But stay tuned next week for the science of chocolate, a chocolate tasting test, and maybe tofurkey (you can still make one for the December holidays!). Happy Thanksgiving!
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
Posted in Fun Food Bites on November 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My friend Chrissy says that November is National Peanut Butter Lovers Month! Peanut butter is one of my favorite foods. To celebrate, check out this Peanut Butter Lovers website to learn all about peanut butter: it’s history, how it’s made, recipes to try. My favorite way to eat peanut butter is scrooped up on top of Paul Newman’s [...]
Cheese Pierogi
Posted in Baltimore, Ingredients, Recipes, Travel, tagged farmers cheese, pierogi, Polish foods on November 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »
This past weekend, I made pierogi with Buszi (my grandmother, pronounced Boo-she), Aunt Jo (my great-aunt; they are sisters), my mom, my Aunt Barb, and my cousin Jackie. It was a family effort learning how to make these doughy pockets of our Polish ancestry. I should say here that I do not celebrate Poland’s culture [...]
Food News, November 13, 2009: New Food Books for Fall 2009
Posted in Books, Food News, tagged David Chang, Eating Animals, Ellie Krieger cookbook, I Shudder, John Besh cookbook, Jonathan Safran Foer, Momofuku Cookbook, Paul Rudnick on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In this week’s Food News: food books that I want to read, hopefully over winter break before the spring semester starts. Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer: Safran Foer, the author of Everything is Illuminated, spent his adolescent and young adult years shifting food roles – sometimes he was a carnivore, sometimes a vegetarian. But when he [...]
Brussels Sprouts – Roasting, Stems
Posted in Experiments, Ingredients, tagged brussels sprouts stems, roasting brussels sprouts on November 12, 2009 | 6 Comments »
How I love Brussels sprouts! I had a side of Brussels sprouts leaves for the first time at Perilla, Harold Dieterle’s restaurant in New York City, and they were so delicious; I would have been happy with a big bowl of them for dinner. I have only bought Brussels sprouts in a package or a [...]
Cleansing
Posted in Fun Food Bites, tagged benefits of cleansing, cleansing foods, fall cleanse on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last fall, I did my first cleanse. I started on a Monday and ate real food all week, in decreasing amounts each day. I stayed away from the chocolate and candy corns in my cabinets. I was tired all week, and cranky, but that’s all part of the cleansing process (I was releasing toxins after all). [...]
Heroes Week 5 – Roasting Chestnuts, Chestnut Ice Cream for Tracy
Posted in Ingredients, Pop Culture, Recipes, tagged chestnut ice cream, chocolate sauce, how to roast chestnuts on November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is the end of the Heroes meals, and we’re going out with my least favorite character: Tracy. Tracy came in to Heroes in Season 3 (before that, Ali Larter played Niki, Tracy’s twin sister who died trying to save someone in a fire). Tracy can turn anything to ice. If she’s angry and grabs [...]
Day of the Dead and Protein Shakes
Posted in Baltimore, Fun Food Bites, tagged all souls day, azafran cafe baltimore, day of the dead, protein shakes on November 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
November 1 and 2 is Day of the Dead, the Mexican tradition of remembering those who have passed by creating memorials to loved ones or celebrating with them in mind (the Catholic Faith has a similar holiday today called All Souls Day). Our wedding caterer, Irena, owns a lovely restaurant in Baltimore called Azafrán Cafe on [...]
