News Buzz: Foodie food fight!

Salon has an article today talking about an oven-mitt showdown between the Brighton, Mass., test kitchen that produces Cook’s Illustrated and Food52.com, produced by New York Times food columnist Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubs. At issue: Is a test kitchen better than an army of blogging home cooks? A recipe contest will decide the winner. [...]

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Foodie Quote: Judith Jones

“Another advantage to cooking for yourself is that you have only yourself to please…. You can choose to make just what you feel  like – perhaps only a light, simple supper dish or a salad if you’ve consumed a rich meal at lunch that day. There’s no need to be a perfectionist, trying to win [...]

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News Buzz: Get your groceries at the library

NPR will have a report on “All Things Considered” on April 26 about a Baltimore library partnering with a local grocery to help its resident neighbors have access to fresh food. Patrons can place and pay for orders online and then stop by the library the next day to pick up their orders. This could [...]

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Keep a ‘Sense of Wonder’ on Earth Day

There are plenty of references to Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” on Earth Day every year, but it’s Carson’s poetic book, “The Sense of Wonder,” that sits on my list of all-time favorite reads. Originally written as an essay for Women’s Home Companion, Carson urges parents to take their children to the wild places to teach [...]

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Cookbook review: “In the Green Kitchen” by Alice Waters

Alice Waters believes in puttering in the kitchen. Chop and grind your own food. Cook slowly over moderate heat. Breathe. Taste. Compost. What’s the big rush, right? Just in time for Earth Day, the ideas behind the Slow Food Nation 2008 event that brought together reform-minded foodies in San Francisco can now be savored at [...]

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Butternut Squash and Hazelnut Lasagna

I hosted my charitable giving group a couple of weeks ago for our monthly potluck and decided I wanted to make a lasagna. So instead of rummaging through various cookbooks I went to my one-stop oracle – my iPhone – and touched on the Epicurious app (if you figured out what I just said there, [...]

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