Monkey Monday: remote-controlled vacation week edition! 18 June 2007 1:27 pm
Posted by Tracy in : Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, books, garden, meta, school , add a commentTracy is on vacation. You can read all about it at Van Boothe Tandem Adventures. Regularly-scheduled non-vacation TracyFood posts will be back on Monday, July 9. Meanwhile….
If you are reading this, it means I successfully set TracyFood up to automatically post a few entries I prepared in advance, which is pretty amazing if I do say so myself — both the fact that I had a few entries worth of writing to post, and the fact that I worked the WordPress ninjitsu requied to get them all set up and ready to rock while I’m out on my adventures in the Netherlands with Peter and the Pushmi-Pullyu. (more…)
Foto Friday: moment of Zen edition 15 June 2007 11:55 pm
Posted by Tracy in : cooking, pictures , 4 commentsIn the middle of all our last-minute vacation preparation, I took a little time out to scan a bit of heartwarming food snobbery. Behold its source: a package of organic whole wheat fusilli (eaten with broccoli rabe and tomatoes, in case you were wondering). (more…)
Cake-Off 2007! 14 June 2007 11:27 pm
Posted by Tracy in : baking, cheese, cooking, dessert, eating, eugene, friends, garden, kitchen gear, pictures , 2 commentsVictor may have posted first (and with lots of pictures here), but he’s still got schoolwork to do and I’m all hopped up on sugar, so here’s my much more verbose impressions of Cake-Off 2007 (and some pictures and stories of embarrassing baking mishaps, too!) (more…)
Quickie news items 13 June 2007 11:59 pm
Posted by Tracy in : advice, baking, dessert, eating, friends, garden, news, restaurants , add a commentFirst and foremost, Cake-Off 2007 has moved back to our place! Tomorrow night! I purchased all necessary ingredients today but will wait until baking tomorrow because tonight (and parts of early tomorrow morning) the kitchen is dedicated to Peter’s contribution to the awesomeness. (more…)
Recipe: My Favorite Lentil Salad 12 June 2007 10:49 pm
Posted by Tracy in : America's Test Kitchen, cheese, cooking, eating, eugene, recipes, restaurants, salad, seasonality, vegan, vegetarian , 4 commentsIt’s like lentil appreciation week here at TracyFood headquarters, I swear. Yesterday I made Madhur Jaffrey’s Green Lentils With Spinach for dinner, and today I made this salad: a fantastic summer-y meal that can be hearty without being heavy — but only if you have the self control not to eat a double portion, which is difficult because it’s so darn delicious. (more…)
