You know it’s a good cookbook when you keep your library copy at home, accruing late fines, just so you can make a few recipes. And yes, I did buy my own copy of The Homesick Texan Cookbook and I am eagerly awaiting its arrival. Using the library copy, I made two recipes: Austin-style black [...]
Posts Tagged ‘food writing’
The Homesick Texan’s Green Chile Posole with Black Beans
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children's books, cookbooks, cooking, eating, food writing, housework, locavore, United States on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“eccentrics and eccentricities–fiction”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged audiobooks, awards, Canada, food writing, humour, libraries, travel on May 7, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Novels don’t often receive subject headings when they are cataloged, but two of my favorite books received this gem: “eccentrics and eccentricities–fiction.” And it couldn’t be more appropriate. (last summer’s foray to BBB&B land – the Strait of Georgia) The books in question are Bachelor Brothers’ Bed & Breakfast and Bachelor Brothers’ Bed & Breakfast [...]
Comfortable (a recipe for lentil shepherd’s pie)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cookbooks, cooking, eating, food writing, vegetarianism on May 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Once I had recovered sufficiently from my flu last week to think of cooking, I wanted to try out something I’d read about, coincidentally, in both Apple Betty & Sloppy Joe and in that unexpected free issue of Cook’s Country Magazine: making mashed potatoes with an electric mixer. When I was learning to cook, I [...]
Immune system speed-dating
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biography, feminism, food writing, knitting, magazines, newspapers, non-fiction on May 1, 2012 | 5 Comments »
My recent move to Wisconsin has had an unexpected side effect: I have caught three vicious viruses since we got here, including the one I am now fighting, a scant three weeks after I recovered from the last one! So, my plans for heavy-duty reading of Bowling Avenue have been put on hold. I did [...]
Gentle, with jellied salad
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baking, cookbooks, cooking, eating, food writing, gardening, humour, United States, Wisconsin on April 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
On a family visit to Olbrich Botanical Gardens this past weekend, I picked up Apple Betty & Sloppy Joe by Susan Sanvidge, Diane Sanvidge Seckar, Jean Sanvidge Wouters, and Julie Sanvidge Florence. Yes, another cookbook.As I told my students today, some people read mystery novels or romances when they’re busy at work; I read cookbooks. [...]
Baking Makes Joy: part 2 (adding the fruit to your flan)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baking, cookbooks, cooking, eating, food writing, German books on April 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Since this seems to have become, temporarily, a baking blog, here’s what to do with your peach flan once you’ve baked the dough. Incidentally, this cake has many great features: you can fill it with any kind of fresh fruit, as long as it’s soft enough – besides peaches, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and redcurrants all [...]
