Quick hit comics 6 October 2009 5:25 pm
Posted by Tracy in : breakfast,consumerism,fangirl,food snobbery,fun,geekery,reading,silly , 2 commentsGo go gadget short attention span:
My love of Cat and Girl continues unabated: “Value Menu” is one of my favorite comics in a long time.
I have Wikipedia to thank for reminding me of the Achewood strips about Jared the Subway ex-fat guy. (“Well, he doesn’t really make me feel good about food…” is quite the understatement and may become my new all-purpose description of nutrition scolds.) Also, is it bad that my brain automatically thought of “ex-gay” ministries after coming up with “ex-fat” as a descriptor for people who loudly advertise their weight loss? Somehow, I am loving the parallels just a little too much….
But onwards, to breakfast comics. (more…)
Gastro-culinary highlights of the long weekend. 23 September 2009 3:33 pm
Posted by Tracy in : breakfast,consumerism,cookies,dessert,eating,events,fish,food snobbery,not even vegetarian,nyc,restaurants,seasonality,summer,sundance,travel,vegetarian , 2 commentsFor the purposes of this post, the long weekend ended about fifteen minutes ago, because I’m a big slacker. Peter and I got up unholy early on Friday morning for a visit to the not-yet-frozen north, by which I mean his parents’ cabin on Osgood Pond, which is in Paul Smiths, NY, outside Saranac Lake, not far past Lake Placid — and if you haven’t heard of any of those places, that’s okay: the whole point of this expedition was to hang out with friends on a nice mini-vacation in the middle of nowhere.
In my opinion, we succeeded mightily. There was paddling — both canoe and Adirondack guide boat — and relaxing in front of a wood-burning stove, both with and without games. Also there was tasty food. (more…)
Breadman Ultimate, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Machine 3 September 2009 12:29 pm
Posted by Tracy in : baking,breakfast,consumerism,convenience,cooking,eating,friends,kitchen gear,pictures,recipes,thank you Thursday , add a commentSo last week I posted a picture of some tomato sandwiches on homemade bread, and realized that there was more to their story. You see, that wasn’t just any homemade bread, but the fruit — I mean, product — of our bread machine, the Breadman Ultimate of this post’s title.
Breadman Ultimate is actually our second bread machine; its predecessor was not just our first bread machine but also the first in a series of appliances we’ve worn out through overuse — which you’ve got to admit is kind of badass awesome. That first bread machine was, no joke, Betty Crocker brand, I believe from a Fry’s Electronics in southern California. It was also the source of some controversy. (more…)
Recipe: French Toast Waffles. 2 September 2009 7:51 pm
Posted by Tracy in : breakfast,cooking,dessert,friends,kitchen gear,Morning Glory,pictures,recipes,vegetarian , 6 commentsSo Morning Glory ran French toast waffles as a special back in March 2008, but I didn’t make them at home until last month, and I’m not sure Peter has forgiven my holding out on him for so long. That’s the bad news. The good news is, now the cat is out of the bag, and since this breakfasty treat combines great features of two favorites, I think we’ll be eating it a lot from now on. Behold:
French toast waffles.
I mean, you’ve got to admit those are pretty gorgeous. (more…)
Monkey Monday: vitamin C, English muffins, and soup 9 February 2009 11:50 am
Posted by Tracy in : breakfast,events,geekery,health,school,soup,tea,writing , add a commentIt’s a tea for health Monday here at the Moon Monkey Bar, Grille, and Cocktail Lounge: I woke up dehydrated, sniffly, and with just a hint of a sore throat, so clearly, it’s time to invoke the placebo effect. Echinacea tea and chewable vitamin C for the win! Which is appropriate, since I’m going to be writing about vitamin C for my food studies nutrition class this term. (Working title of that report: “Apologies to Linus Pauling,” not that I’m intimidated or anything.) More on that in a bit. Also, thoughts on English muffins and my mom’s annual soup party (unrelated). (more…)
