Food, cooking, eating
I have been enjoying the fish counter guy at Madison Market. He’s not exactly cheerful, but he’s helpful and informative and he’s yet to steer me wrong. But after a Christmas Eve mention of Mutual Fish, a rather well known local institution for, um, fish, I decided it was time to get out of the …
Every winter, my mother in law sets herself to baking vast quantities of Christmas cookies. There are Linzer Augen and Schneehaubenkekse and Nutella Brownies and Butter Cookies and Lebkuchen and Meringues and and and….there is a broad variety and they keep coming. There are a few family favorites, the Schneehaubenkekse and the Vanillekipferl are certainly …
If you’re coming from the Tercel message boards, well howdy! You should know that we’ve since sold our old friend Theodore Tercel. He’s still running, though, and I saw him the other day in my old neighborhood, happy as ever, with a dog sitting in the front seat. Theo always wanted a dog, I’m glad …
Soup Swap has a blog now, of course. If you go there, you can get the code for this nifty soup swap sticker. Also, in the next day or so, I’ll get the soup swap press release up there so you can alert your local media that soup swap is happening and will it be …
The fish guy at Madison Market told me that the reason you never see fresh shellfish is that it doesn’t keep long enough. They used to get some fresh shellfish there, but they stopped bothering because they’d just end up freezing it when they couldn’t sell it all fast enough. I do like to shop …
No, it’s not a joke. My post about Soup Swap was picked up at BlogHer, where it was found by the soup loving goddesses of The Gracious Bowl, a DC blog about, yes, SOUP. Inspired by our soupy goodness, they decided to host their own. Meanwhile, in Boston, the Wooden Spoon of Power was passed …