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
I love cookbooks. Some people collect animal figures, vinyl records, or jewelry. Not me. Nope, I collect cookbooks. Not intentionally. I mean, it didn't start out that way, but after 30 years of acquiring cookbooks, I think it's fair to say that I have a collection. Ever since I was a kid, I've loved the … Continue reading User Testing Gluten-Free Peanut Crunch Brownies
Last December, during one of my it's-the-holidays-so-I'm-indulging excursions to Whole Foods, I spied containers of preserved lemons. Nothin' fancy, just small, whole Eureka lemons, juice, salt, and citric acid in plastic deli containers. I'll admit it was a total impulse buy. Preserved lemons weren't even on my radar, but eh, it was the holidays, after … Continue reading Waste-Less Wednesday: Preserved Lemons
Yep, it's that time of year again: Sunday, February 22 is Margarita Day. I don't know about you, but that's a national holiday in my house! Get yer drinkin' shoes on and get ready to celebrate the sweet-tart agave-cocktail deliciousness that is The Margarita. Actually, the third weekend in February is National Margarita Weekend. Not sure … Continue reading Drink Local: Where to Celebrate National Margarita Day
What's your favorite food indulgence? I don't mean the usual 3 o'clock bag of M&M's from the office vending machine, but the Something Special you treat yourself to when you've been very, very good...or when your day has been very, very bad. Chocolate? Cupcakes? Steak? For me, it's seafood -- especially our local Dungeness crab. … Continue reading Eat Local: Gettin’ Crabby
Due to technical difficulties, this week's Waste-Less Wednesday post is appearing today. Hey, now you have some waste-less projects for the weekend. Carry on. It's that time of year again: I'm up to my ass in lemons. Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a wee bit, but between the Eurekas from my backyard and the Meyers from … Continue reading Waste-Less Weekend: Lemonpalooza
It's 3pm, and you're looking at a jam-packed few hours between now and dinner time. Maybe you've got back-to-back meetings or are shuttling the kids to and fro -- or a combo of the two. How about a caffeine fix to get you through the rest of the day? If you work or live near … Continue reading Drink Local: Finding Your Bliss
Been feeling guilty about that daily chocolate fix? Shaming yourself for that afternoon craving? Stop it, I say! February is National Chocolate Month, a time to come out loud and proud and treat yourself to luscious, creamy, chocolatey goodness -- every day, if you must. Where to start? Well, if you let the folks who … Continue reading Drink Local: Chocolate Indulgence
Why is that food cravings have no sense of timing and just won't respect your schedule? Yesterday I was craving a bowl of fresh, homemade, flavorful soup. Problem? I had about 25 minutes to assemble and consume this fantasy soup before I had to be somewhere. Yikes! There was no way I had the time … Continue reading Waste-Less Wednesday: No-Recipe Soup
