Archive for November, 2009
Thanks to Quality Friends & Quality Ingredients
Thanks to all who have shared your Thanksgiving meals! Now that it’s over and I have successfully gained several pounds, I thought I would share with my little Thanksgiving and how grateful I am not only for good friends, but also for companies that make quality ingredients free from hydrogenated oils and industrial processing. Cake [...]
Give Thanks, To Fat Calories: Thyme and Parmesan Popovers
I luuurrrvvee buttermilk biscuits. But this year? At this year’s Thanksgiving meal, we’ll welcome a new carbohydrate to the table. A baked-to-a-golden-brown pancake, anyone? We’ll be eating these beauties. Thyme-Parmesan Popovers. I considered altering this recipe to reduce the fat content, but then I changed my mind. Why? Thanksgiving comes once a year and sometimes? [...]
Photo of the Day: Hi Guy (Fieri)!
I was at The Pit, an amazing BBQ joint in Raleigh, NC and who do I see sitting at a table other than Guy Fieri? I figured he just wanted to eat so I left him and his buddies (with their Guy Fieri biker jackets) alone. I was eating with a friend, who has a special [...]
The Indian in the Cupboard
How many of you remembering making those “Indian headdresses” and “Pilgrim hats” out of construction paper to celebrate the “first” Thanksgiving? It seemed rather simple. A project that taught us how all the Indians and the Pilgrims got together and became friends. That was history. Pilgrims are history. Indians are history. What little kids often [...]
Insecurity
As many of you know, I had spent much of this past year working in India. The food in India is splendid. SPLENDID. But that’s because I got to eat. In the minds of many Americans, India is the exotic land of Slumdog Millionaire, Bollywood dancers, and romantic ashrams of Eat, Pray, Love lore. Along [...]
