Four ways of looking at Trader Joe’s 5 February 2008 10:34 am
Posted by Tracy in : politics, fangirl, environment, sustainability, responsibility, convenience, friends , add a commentI’ve mentioned repeatedly that I’ve been a month or so behind on all kinds of stuff since my trip to Nepal, which is why it was January before I caught up to the fact that it was open season on Trader Joe’s in early December, and I’ve been concocting a reply ever since. Today I’ll finally be discussing the two blog posts that got my attention, and sharing a few other pieces from even more way back in the day, just to add to the fun. (more…)
Ask TracyFood: Freezing cilantro? 9 January 2008 12:25 pm
Posted by Tracy in : geekery, food storage, seasonality, advice, friends, convenience, cooking , 1 comment so farHey Tracy,
I bought a bunch of cilantro and used like 1/3 of it and I don’t want the rest to go bad but there’s really not a lot I’m planning for it right now. Can I freeze it, and how would I do that best?
Backcountry Flavor 7 September 2007 7:45 pm
Posted by Tracy in : travel, cheese, convenience, eating, friends , add a commentThis entry borrowed from an old Everything2 writeup of mine in honor of Peter, who has no doubt been experiencing this phenomenon for several days now.
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Backcountry flavor, in short, is a clever little phrase to describe the phenomenon that everything tastes better on trail (i.e. while hiking, camping or especially backpacking). (more…)
Friday fun! An(other) open letter to restaurant customers. 27 July 2007 11:57 am
Posted by Tracy in : advice, work, convenience, eugene, restaurants, eating, cooking , add a commentDear restaurant customers,
I don’t hate you all, I really don’t. Without you, I wouldn’t have my job, which is a pretty cool one. But, as I wrote you once a few years ago, some of you are behave in ways that make me so angry I forget that the vast majority of you aren’t complete asses. Then, I wrote about the importance of courtesy, kindness, and freaking reading the menu. Today I am repeating two of those three very important themes, but my topic is new: understanding a restaurant’s hours of operation. (more…)
A restaurant riddle: food for thought. 26 July 2007 11:59 am
Posted by Tracy in : news, convenience, restaurants , 2 commentsThe fine folks at Kitchen Garden International recently called my attention to an interesting statistical fact: 2005 marked the first time that U.S. consumers spent more on foods consumed outside the home than foods prepared at home, for the first time since the USDA started tracking such data in 1953. (more…)
