Category Archives: Food

Slap-Your-Mama Chicken Curry

Posted on 09/08/2010 by Mike

Put the following into a food processor: Half a large onion 5 or 6 or 8 cloves of garlic 1 3-or-4-inch piece of ginger, peeled, roughly chopped 1 tsp ground coriander .5 tsp ground cumin .5 tsp black pepper a few … Continue reading →

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The amount of water you use to boil pasta disgusts me

Posted on 03/25/2009 by Mike

Harold McGee (think “Alton Brown before there was Alton Brown”) writes what would seem a blasphemous article about cooking pasta using less water, a change which he estimates would result in “saving 250,000 to 500,000 barrels of oil.” I’ve chided … Continue reading →

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VIA Chicago

Posted on 03/19/2009 by Mike

Thoughtful review of the new Starbucks VIA instant coffee from Dan Benjamin: Hivelogic – Starbucks VIA Review: Just Stir and Enjoy?. Despite my joking around about it, I agree with Dan. It’s pretty good. Not the best cup of coffee … Continue reading →

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Now that’s a secret ingredient

Posted on 03/10/2009 by Mike

I really like Cat Cora, so seeing her name in a headline would typically grab my attention. Seeing her name in a headline like the following definitely grabs my attention: Iron Chef Cat Cora And Wife Both Pregnant. Good on … Continue reading →

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Cooking: humanity’s ‘killer app’”?

Posted on 02/22/2009 by Mike

As reported in The Economist, Harvard’s Richard Wrangham has a theory that “cooking and other forms of preparing food are humanity’s ‘killer app’”: Cooking is a human universal. No society is without it. No one other than a few faddists … Continue reading →

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“Food Matters,” Mark Bittman | Salon Books

Posted on 01/05/2009 by Mike

Must. Buy. Bought. Mark Bittman’s revolutionary “Food Matters” is both a cookbook and a manifesto that shows us how to eat better — and save the planet.

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