Why yes, I am up awfully early. 17 July 2008 6:20 am
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, kitchen gear, work, Morning Glory , add a commentThat’s what 6:30 AM opening shifts do to a person, doncha know. I traded for this one, since the prep list was freaking huge and I felt bad inflicting it on the new guy (who had to leave early yesterday, which contributed to the mess I’m about to go wrangle, but then again I actually like prep). Also, there was this:
Monkey Monday: shiny new things edition 14 July 2008 2:45 pm
Posted by Tracy in : garden, consumerism, reading, kitchen gear, baking, environment, advice, dessert , 1 comment so farThings to read, toys to play with, secrets I’m bursting to tell…
Firstly: Hey! Awesome! Grist has a new column all about food! It’s called Checkout Line and if you dig Tom Philpott’s Victual Reality and wish Ask Umbra would answer more questions about grocery shopping, well, you’re a lot like me, and Checkout Line might be right up your alley, too!
In other awesome news, (more…)
Monkey Monday: goodbye, red cutting board. 5 May 2008 11:53 pm
Posted by Tracy in : consumerism, food safety, monkeys, pictures, meta, kitchen gear, cooking , add a commentSo this post is late because every time I started writing anything all weekend Monday it turned into paragraphs of whining about how I’m not writing very well lately, and I had this stupid head cold, and blah blah blah blah blah. Turns out I can still write picture captions, though, though, so I’m going to make a lot of image-heavy posts while I hope that words and I come back to an understanding in the not too distant future (like so I can write a bunch of emails before my trip out to New York starting Friday — eep!) Anyway.
The week of pictures begins on a weirdly sad note: last week we discovered big freaky cracks in the red cutting board featured so prominently in many a Flickr picture tagged “tracyfood”:
Saturday surprise post: Liveblogging America’s Test Kitchen 29 March 2008 2:26 pm
Posted by Tracy in : America's Test Kitchen, geekery, food snobbery, kitchen gear, seasonality, books, vegetarian, Morning Glory, cooking , add a commentAsk me about my fangirlhood! Here I go:
Some time this week when I checked the TV listings: “Reinventing Pasta and Tomatoes” — I accept!
2 PM: Looks like the lineup is penne à la vodka with Becky, pasta tasting with Jack, stockpots with Adam, and pasta caprese with Julia.
I accept again!
2:02 PM: Chris Kimball’s intro: no-name vodka makes raw, harsh sauce — don’t do it.
Off to the kitchen now, where Becky is so earnest.
2:03 PM: They’ve changed food processor brands/models! (more…)
Friday funnies: Stuff White People Like 29 February 2008 3:10 pm
Posted by Tracy in : kitchen gear, breakfast, vegetarianism, consumerism, Morning Glory, vegan, anthropology, vegetarian, identity, restaurants , 2 commentsHappy Leap Day! Laughter is good Tracy food, and the blog Stuff White People Like makes me laugh. Have you seen it? It’s completely brilliant, as long as you don’t read the comments (don’t say I didn’t warn you). Here are a few samples I picked for their relevance to TracyFood:
#36 Breakfast Places (I swear I’m printing this one out for Morning Glory).
#54 Kitchen Gadgets
That last one, of course, hits especially close to home. (more…)
