March was full of activity Chez 650Food, and things have been busy, busy around here -- lest you think I was taking a hiatus and had run off to some tropical beach. (sigh. I wish.). Following home reno projects, spring cleaning, and a trip to our nation's capital for the International Association of Culinary Professionals … Continue reading Wasteless Wednesday: Blood Orange-Rosemary Marmalade
I realized yesterday that I'd put off writing about one of my Birthday Week Indulgences because of the hook. (For non-writers, "the hook" is the attention-grabbing first sentence of an article or post. A good hook creates enough intrigue or curiosity to engage the reader and keep him or her reading.) Every time I sat … Continue reading Eat Local: Asian Box
Last Friday's Birthday Week Indulgence was lunch at one of my go-to "quick food" spots in the 650: Asian Box. (More about that some other time.) While I was watching the locals fight it out for lunch-time parking spots in the ridiculously crowded Palo Alto Town & Country shopping center and digging into my usual … Continue reading Waste-Less Wednesday: Peanut Sauce
Today's Birthday Week indulgence is homemade comfort food that brings together two recent Waste-Less Wednesday ingredients: lemons and herbs. Remember those 7-Day Preserved Lemons? After a week of climbing the kitchen stepladder to shake those babies up, it's time to crack them open and take them for a taste test! Opening the mason jar of … Continue reading Waste-Less Wednesday: Soba Noodles with 650 Gremolata
SAVEUR Magazine is taking open nominations for its BEST BLOG AWARDS 2015, and 650Food has thrown our virtual hat into the ring! Please show some love and support for 650Food with a nomination for "Best Special Interest Blog" by clicking on over to Saveur's site and completing the nomination form. If you think that we're … Continue reading Show Some Love for 650Food
Happy Monday! The sun is shining, the trees are blooming, and it's Birthday Week -- aka, Week of Indulgence. Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines indulgence as "the behavior or attitude of people who allow themselves to do what they want or who allow other people to do what they want." That pretty much sums up how I'm … Continue reading Eat Local: Alexander’s Patisserie in Mountain View
Earlier this year, a reader posted a great question to 650Food's Facebook page: I have a "minimizing food waste" question. I bought loads of fresh herbs for holiday cooking. Some I have in a cup of water in the fridge, but others are in their mini plastic clamshell awaiting turning into mush before being dumped … Continue reading Waste-Less Wednesday: Fresh Herbs
If you were following along with last week's user test of Alice Medrich's Peanut Crunch Brownies, then you might recall that I found myself sans a key ingredient when it came time to make said brownies. Yup, not a spoonful of crunchy, salted natural peanut butter in the house. Crap. While I will happily make … Continue reading Cook Local: DIY Crunchy Peanut Butter
