Just Because: How To Make Mashed Potatoes
It came to me in a dream the other night that I had to write a post about mashed potatoes. This was non-negotiable. So…
How To Make A PBJ
This iconoclastic method for constructing a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich is a revelation. But isn't a PBJ one of…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
"Hottest Food Trends Of 2009" Are All The Things You're Already Eating
Bon Appetit just released their end-of-year list of the "Hottest Food Trends of 2009!" And, thanks to the economy,…
Saucy!
We know what we're whipping up this weekend: a big batch of "Jezebel Sauce." The concoction is made up of apple jelly,…
"Cooking For One" Is Kind Of Like, Well, Regular Cooking
Lately, "cooking for one" is "a hot topic" that food magazines and cookbooks are covering with patronizing gusto. A…
Calorie Counting: Worth The Effort Or Anxiety?
There's a piece in the Times today that I found kind of depressing: apparently calorie-counting, the hallmark of 80s…
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman: Or, Women Like Eating Fish In Mint Green Rooms
FYI: You like meat. But you kind of feel bad about it, so menus have to trick you into ordering it. Oh, and you're…
Beer: It's What's For Dinner
"So let there be no more loose talk — especially not now, with summer arriving — about beer not being essential.…
4 Ways To Get Your Kids To Eat Healthy Without Giving Them Eating Disorders
Yesterday's post equating Barack Obama embarrassing his daughter Malia with his firm handshakes of her ten-year-old…
John Prescott's Ugly Common Person's Guide To Coping With Eating Disorders
Remember that deputy Prime Minister who resigned two years ago with Tony Blair only to resurface a year and a half…
"Croissant…coffee… double cognac."
Breakfast is my favorite meal, perhaps because it's the only meal I remember to eat every day, and every day I have an…
I Would Do Anything For Love But I Won't Cook That
I've never been a fan of "foodie-ism" or really, any cultural movement that muddles art/commerce/housework to the…
The Sorrows Of Young Werther's Originals: Or, Why Artifical Sweeteners Are Bad
Dear Leslie, Congrats on the publication of your essay In Defense Of Saccharin in the Black Warrior Review. You're a…