FRIED COFFEE

According to the weather people we are about to get one whopper of a storm.  It’s a fact of life here in New Hampshire that storms = power outages.

I’ve got a generator to power my heater fan.  Three old oil lamps.  A box of candles.  The larder’s stocked with cheese, sardines, crackers, canned tuna & [...]

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You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy these delights.
The Early Show – Brisket & latkes

Delish -  10 recipes,  challah,  latkes & more.
About.com -  Hanukkah Recipes & Kosher Holiday Food
Bon Appetit -  Their spin on Hanukkah / photo of a beautiful silver dreidel

Brisket -  Top 20 recipes from AllRecipes.com
A collection of antique Menorahs

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Here come the holidays and the attendant feasting.  Large meals can have problems we don’t normally encounter, so, I’ve put together a batch of resource links to help alleviate the stress.
Brining is a great method for achieving a moist roast turkey.  The Chicago Tribune has a how-to about brining and mentions  The Spice Hunter.  They [...]

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Summer is nice.
Summer was always nice.
Oh sure it got hot
damn hot
if you want to know the truth
what with the burners on
and the freezer motors doing their best to keep the ice cream from melting.
Gotta have the ice cream
specially for the kids.
Had the burgers, too
and the dogs.
Yeah, there was chili
And the sun.
Long days
Busy days
Made a livin [...]

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I set out this morning to take a look at organic foods.   They cost more.   Are they worth it?     I started with this article from the Mayo Clinic.
My next stop was Mother Earth News and a story about free range eggs.    As I finished reading that, a video about the Twig Man [...]

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POPCORN SCHOOL
You aughta know by now that taking shortcuts is a recipe for trouble and popcorn is no exception according to Lou Bendrick, <(read this).  I just can’t imagine buying the microwave popcorn packages myself. I get concerned about the hydrogenated part of the nutrition label.  Actually, I don’t eat popcorn for nutrition, I eat [...]

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Dina Berta caught me in the office a few weeks ago and found the concept of per diem Chef services interesting enough to write an article about us in Nation’s Restaurant News.
The benefits of temporary Chef services are apparent to large food service operations like Aramark, Sodexo, or Compass.  The costs of hiring and training [...]

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Butterball dished out bird cooking advice to more than 11,000 callers with only 6 overwhelmed phone operators when it started its toll free telephone help line 27 years ago in 1981.
They’ve come a long way since then and have added Web 2.0 technology so you can sign up for timely turkey advice to be texted [...]

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This is the season for county fairs, an excuse to indulge myself with an Italian Sausage sandwich with grilled peppers & onions, corn dogs, and Philly Cheese Steak.
What a great atmosphere; the vegetable and fruits grown and displayed along with pie competitions always entertain. I can’t pass up the tractor and horse pulls or the [...]

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“I detest…anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as there is honest bread, butter, olive oil, a generous spirit, lively appetites and attention to what we are eating.”

Sybille Bedford, English author (1911-?)

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