I just traipsed downstairs to get a coffee from my non-normal vendor (our building coffee bar is on break). I handed the barista my mug (standard issue 16 oz travelers mug- not handmade) and request a 16 oz skinny mocha. The milk is frothing and espresso steaming, and my barista is stirring… into a paper [...]
This recipe from the chef blog Ideas in Food is the perfect combination of salty, sweet, crunchy, chocolaty goodness. It’s the sort of snack that you want to curl up with on a rainy day, take home to meet the parents, hold in your hands on a long walk down the beach… yeah, it’s pretty [...]
The process of making candied citrus peels reveals several steps in the process with which we can play around with the recipe to introduce some fun variations. We can easily tweak the shapes, flavors, tang and texture of this treat with a slight of hand that will make our gift recipients think we are magic. [...]
As seen in the cafeteria at my workplace, on a sign hanging above one of the stations: Menutainment Not written as foodtainment, perhaps this word is in regards to entertaining the fantasy of the written food word? Example: In a frenzy of menutainment, she was distracted from ordering the salad she had so dutifully maintained [...]
by way of Trends in Japan… one of those products that makes you think of course! Dehydrated soy crystals- soy salt! It’s offered in different grades, and different textures too. Suggested uses are on grilled veggies, pasta, sushi (duh). I’m thinking of its use in desserts- on ice cream, caramel, or popcorn. For more on [...]
Here are the results from Splendid Table’s Sustainability Survey. More than 15,000 people responded to the quiz, likely a predominantly pre-selected population of people already concerned about such issues (like you and I). As such the answers are fairly expected. We are a population concerned about local sourcing, storing our foods through the winter, we [...]
Are you looking to start a new holiday cookie tradition? Want a foil to your tried and true sweet treasures? This list of cookies I saved from last year is sure to yield some taste bud wonders of a new kind. In a wonderful move to keep their Food Editors well fed, the LA Times [...]
I was just looking over rum ball recipes. What do you suppose the purpose of corn syrup in a rum ball recipe is? It’s not like any more sweetness is needed. Is it just to add stickiness? Like glue? Is it to act as a humectant? To keep those morsels from turning into hard dry [...]
