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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Do Vegetarians Eat Chia Pets?
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Reeds Calloni Jam (My Chia Pet Is Dead)” from The Fluorescent Shaded Teddy Bear Murders by Keith Moore. Released: 2002 Who can forget the delightful little “Chia Pets”, with Chia Guy as the … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbooks, Eating, Food Fads, Food Trends, Uncategorized
Tagged 1970's Fads, Aztecs, Chia Pets, Chia Seeds, Cooking, Health Food, Joe Pedott, social history, time capsules
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A Vintage Cookbookery Mystery – The Tortuous Tale of the Trek from the Tainted Tins
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Sinfonia Antarctica” from Sinfonia Antarctica by Vaughan Williams These days, we tend to take for granted that the canned goods we buy at the supermarket are, more or less, safe. Of course, we … Continue reading
A Vintage Cookbookery Mystery – The Curious Case of Irma Rombauer and the Missing Squirrel
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Grey Squirrel” from Grey Squirrel by The Learning Station. Released: 2012 In 1931, Irma S. Rombauer published the first edition of “The Joy of Cooking”, “A Compilation of Reliable Recipes with an Occasional … Continue reading
Food and the Romance of Painting
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “The Painter’s Garden” from Sketches of Fancy by Stefan Petzén. Released: 1993 In my ever expanding collection of cookbooks, I am always happy to find cookbooks related to ‘The Arts’. A number of … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbooks, Cooking, Cooking and Social History, Eating, Food Trends, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged Alice Waters, Bellini, cookbooks, Dutch Masters, food history, Food in Art, French Cooking, French Impressionists, Jeremiah Tower, Julia Child, social history, time capsules, Toulouse-Lautrec
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Mom, Dad….I want to be a Doctor….no, a Chef
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “When I Grow Up” from Here We Go by Melissa. Released: 2006 One day, little Billy or Susie is asked what he or she wants to “be”. Little Billy answers, “a chef”. Little … Continue reading
Recipes that Annoy Me
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Recipe Hoe Down” from Big Bad Bantam Rooster by Tasha Platt. Released: 2009. In reading cookbooks in bed, late at night, I periodically come across a recipe that either doesn’t make sense to … Continue reading
Real Women Wear Aprons
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Momma’s Apron Strings” from Almost Home by Larry Sparks. Released: 2011 When I was growing up, my mom had a bunch of frothy, gauzy organza and organdy aprons, homemade of course (some by … Continue reading
Any Locavore Freegan Flexitarians out There?
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “I Can Eat It All [A Music Video]” from Remotely Controlled by Mark Lowry. Released: 1996 When I was growing up, I can only recall hearing the term “carnivore” and I think I … Continue reading
Is it a Kitchen Gadget or a Whigmaleerie? Language for the Food Snob
CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “A Recipe” from At Carnegie Hall by Dick Whittinghill & Bob Arbogast. Released: 2011 The cook today has a plethora (“lots”) of cookbooks available. Some recipes may innervate (“stimulate”) the edacity (“appetite). Some … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbooks, Cooking, Cooking and Social History, Eating, Food Trends, Uncategorized
Tagged Chipped Beef, Cooking, Food Snob, Kitchen Gadgets, Language, social history, time capsules
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