Snap, crackle, pop! Captain Crunch. Extra crispy Kentucky fried chicken… Seems like food companies are always playing on our addiction to snap-crackle-pop-crunch-crisp in our foods. Think potato chips. Crackers. Oreos. And the whole range of “munchies” (popcorn, pretzels, granola bars, peanuts) that’ve become a serious part of our on-the-go culinary culture. When it comes to most of us, any time is crunch time. (more…)
Sweeeeeet!
Toooooooooo sweeeeeeeet….
Your pantry is packed with panettone. The counter is crammed with Christmas cookies. Even the foyer is filled with a flood of “ripening” fruitcakes…
Sugar high!
Recipe: Ultimate Sourdough Baguettes
Recipe: Canapé Pumpernickel Bread
Does this remind you of a 1960s cocktail party, or what?
Do you remember being in your pajamas, peering through the banister at the top of the stairs down into your living room, at people smoking and drinking and eating weird fancy stuff your mom had made that afternoon and stashed in the fridge and warned you NOT to touch – or else?
Recipe: Samosas with Quick Flaky Pastry
Who doesn’t love to eat with their fingers?
Honestly, I believe that behind closed doors everyone wants to pick up their food, take a bite, and be able to hold onto their own little bit of yumminess, literally, between finger and thumb.
Today, class, it being late July and all, we’re going to examine our zucchini facts:
•Zucchini is always at the end of any A-to-Z food list;
•Zucchini and fruitcake are the undeserving targets of many a joke;
•The zucchini plant literally grows like a weed, making it absolutely ubiquitous in vegetable gardens across America;
•And for that reason, enterprising cooks have discovered ways to turn it into muffins, and cake, and pancakes, and…
