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more about #thejezebeldiet more comments → Flackette Goes Retro: Cooking - real cooking, not just heating something up - is a luxury for me. It requires time, some budget for pricier ingredients and the emotional an... more » 1.1.1.: The Pollan article was silly and somewhat sexist. Reichl's comments reflect the reality of people I know. more » belle TL: I'll be honest--the husband does the bulk of our cooking during the week because he has an easy commute (walking 15 minutes) versus my hour-long commu... more » erinna: I love to cook. But I "cook", I don't actually cook. Meaning every once in a while I get struck by the urge, find a fun recipe and go buy all the in... more » morninggloria: My advice to people who are afraid of cooking: get a food processor. It will change your life. more » MizJenkins: I cook to keep from (/compensate for not) having irresponsible sex. Hand to God. It's a good system... That said, I find the picture above rather iro... more » Mafalda para Presidente: I love to cook. I like to try to figure out how to cook as much variety as possible with simple, everyday ingredients one can find almost any place. ... more » kcspang: Yeah, I've been trying to figure out whether I am in a bubble when it comes to this--I mean, I am, since I work for an agriculture-related nonprofit--... more » anteup: Both of these things apply to me. -I don't want to cook when I get home from school at 8-10 oclock at night. -I love cooking when I can make the time ... more » Chamalla,barren crone: Since The Great Downsizing of Ought Eight, I cook a helluva lot more than I used to, or at least since those lean post college years. Partially inspi... more » redqueenmeg: My grandmother's cousin was permanently scarred and lost most of her jaw as a child from an explosion during a canning or preserve-making accident. O... more » dirtybee: I tried making my own beer once. It's probably just as difficult and time consuming as this :( And I figured its cheaper to just buy the damn beer at... more » funnyface: While my mother has been a prize-winning canner at the county fair (her carrots, jams, salsas, and green beans were particularly popular), I have not ... more » Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: WOOOOOOOO DIY!!!! My fiance and I are making the slow transition to self-sufficiency. Within the next few years, it's our goal to get to the point whe... more » Ratinski: We used to can a lot. The Day of Canning (like the Day of Reckoning, kinda) was decreed by my grandmother, generally on the hottest damn day of the su... more » -
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Cooking School
Ruth Reichl:"There's all this pessimism that people aren't going to cook...I just don't believe that...That people want to spend less time cooking sometimes doesn't negate the fact that people are cooking recreationally in a way they haven't before." [PW] -
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Can It: Home-Preserving Expensive, Nightmarish, Very Big Amongst Young Set
As we gird our loins for the Post-Recession frontier, we're all taking to the canner. Luckily, some of us nerds have been prepared for years. More » -
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We Try It So You Don't Have To: "Hot Jezebel Sauce"
For months, we've been getting tips about this mysterious retro concoction known as "Jezebel sauce or, alternatively, simply "Hot Jezebel." So we bit the bullet - or, more accurately, the quarter pound of straight cream cheese - and tried it. More » -
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Diet Busters
Fad diets be damned! Researchers have found that it doesn't matter what you cut back on, so long as you are counting calories. [New York Times] -
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Bourdain And Batali Talk Wet Spots, Sushi
"I believe in food and sex; I believe in food then sex; food and sex together? I'm always deeply disturbed by people who get a little too excited talking about chocolate," says Anthony Bourdain. More » -
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And Eat It, Too: In Defense Of Kitchen Ignorance
Says one killjoy in today's New York Times, "Cooking is chemistry, and the only way to know for sure is to employ the scientific method." Um, no thanks. Pass the butter. More » -
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What's The Etiquette For Spitting Into Your Napkin?
Today someone writes into the Philadelphia Inquirer's advice column, "Ask Amy," to ask how to deal with her hostess's tasteless fat-free cooking. Amy says suck it up. We respectfully disagree. -
