When I went to the store yesterday, I looked carefully through the chocolate section to find the most interesting bar. The winner at my local store was Endangered Species Dark Chocolate with Goji Berry, Pecans & Maca. Clearly, this bar won because of the maca; I had no idea what maca might taste like and [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Chocolate and Maca Powder
Posted in Fun Food Bites, Ingredients, tagged chocolate with maca, endangered species chocolate, maca festival, maca powder, maca recipes, maca root, spider monkey on February 26, 2010 | 7 Comments »
The Huffington Post’s “The Week of Eating In Challenge”
Posted in Books, Experiments, Food News, tagged cathy erway, the art of eating in, the huffington post, the week of eating in challenge on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do you think you can eat in for an entire week? Even for me, a person who eats most of her meals in, a full week of home-cooked food is a long time. I run out of dinner ideas, or I’m tired of doing dishes, or I just want to eat at a restaurant because I like it. [...]
Genetically Modified Foods: Do We Have to Give Up Soy Too?
Posted in Food News, tagged genetically-modified food, gmo food, institute for responsible technology, non-gmo soy, soy on February 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I try to be a responsible, environmental eater, I really do. I eat moderate amounts of fish. I buy local whenever I can and organic sometimes. I have canvas bags for my groceries, and I even remember to bring them with me most of the time. But I read something the other day that made [...]
Homemade Bread
Posted in Fun Food Bites, Recipes, tagged chewswise, homemade bread, no-knead bread on February 15, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I am now a homemade bread convert. Now when I say that, I don’t mean homemade bread made in the bread maker (though I do still love my bread maker). I mean the bread that is really made by hand, that takes nearly a full day to rise, and that bakes in the oven until [...]
Food News, February 12, 2010: Valentine’s Day History
Posted in Food News, tagged chocolate, conversation hearts, smithsonian, valentine's day customs on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had wanted to write a history of Valentine’s Day food this week, but then I realized that so many great stories have already been written. So this is your Valentine’s Day Food News, including a history of conversation hearts, a top 10 list of Valentine’s Day customs, and a chocolate caramel recipe from 1881 that was used [...]
Snow Day Food Activities
Posted in Baltimore, Books, Fun Food Bites on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s another snow day in Baltimore! (Unless you’re my friend Ryan, who is sure he is going to have to go to work.) If you’re itching to get out of the house, What’s to Eat Baltimore? and the Baltimore Restaurant Examiner have been posting lists of open restaurants and bars on their blogs and on [...]
Snow Cream
Posted in Baltimore, Experiments, tagged maryland snow 2010, snow cream, snowpocalypse on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to those of you in the Mid-Atlantic – we made it through the weekend snowpocalypse! There is still snow everywhere of course, but the streets in Baltimore are somewhat plowed, there are a few cleared walkways on the streets, and you have most likely shoveled your driveway, an arduous chore when you’re moving 20+ [...]
Super Bowl XLIV: Make Food Inspired by the Players
Posted in Fun Food Bites, Pop Culture, Recipes, tagged colts, saints, super bowl recipes, super bowl XLIV on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Time for Super Bowl Sunday! Those of us in the Northeast will likely be snowed in, watching the game with our spouses or kids or roommates. But for those of you who aren’t expecting a storm, or who are hosting a Super Bowl party anyway, I’ve put together a list of recipe ideas inspired by [...]
