Quantcast
Channel: Cooking in Theory and Practice
Browsing all 46 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

CSA Report June 7. 2012

The first pick-up of the 2012 includes leaf lettuces, radishes and baby turnips, broccoli rabe and brocolini, mizuna, baby bok choy and baby kale, and arugula. I think the rabe is going on the grill...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Jedi Kitchen Tricks

A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it. - Jerry Seinfeld If you know what you are looking at on the right, you might want to skip this.  Or not.  It's kinda...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

(Ad)-Dressing the Summer

So this is this, and that is that:And there's how you AD-DRESS A CAT - T.S. Eliot I usually don't do recipes. They are a pain in the buttocks. At home I tend to cook by the seat of my pants, the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

CSA Report June 14, 2012

This week three leaf lettuces, radishes and baby turnips, broccoli, brocolini, mizuna, baby bok choy and baby kale, and arugula. Plus Garlic Scapes and dried chillies from last year's harvest. Stir...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Latest Mental Floss

The Can.

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

CSA Report June 21, 2012

Lettuce, Lettuce, Lettuce, Scapes, Lettuce, Snow Peas, Lettuece, Letuce, Lettus. Green Leaves. What's the Frequency, Lettuth? Lettuce. Lettuce CUP.  Too much Lettuce on their minds . . .Princess Leia...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Pain et L'Artiste

I lack the patience of the artist in the kitchen, but I cannot see why baguettes should look identical. - Scotty Harris

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Chemistry Set for the Kitchen

Condiments are like old friends -- highly thought of, but often taken for granted - Marilyn KaytorFrom the beginning of my adventures in cookery one of my most agreeable tasks has been creating...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Flossing time

Would you buy a new Tablet from this man?

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Local Gems

Have I  mentioned before that I do not do restaurant reviews? - Scotty Harris I don't. But I do talk about restaurants I go to. Especially something interesting.Just south of here is the intersection...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Way To Cook - Part One

This is the story of how I found Julia, how she saved me from despair and showed me the Way. The Way to Cook (Jacques was there at the beginning as well, but it's not his 100th). As with so many...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Last Giant Leap

Neil Alden Armstrong 1930 - 2012 

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A Sense of Community

And when I have broken the staff of your life, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven - Leviticus 26:26Just a cool little cooking related site off the road on our way to Caroga Lake. It's on Rte...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A Sauce for Erasers

A meal without nuoc cham is no meal at all. Corrine Trang.I am pretty sure that nuoc cham (nước chấm) is my favorite condiment.When it comes to food, "favorite" is a marvelous adjective. It is so...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Flossing Time

I love my toys, but there is one barrier even knowing who Chuck Yeager is wont get me past. Welcome to The Geek Barrier.

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Flossing Time

Here I go!

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

My Mommys* Brisket

Get Brisket from Lipman's, put on foil, top with a sliced onion and a bottle Kraft Catalina Dressing. Seal foil and bake at 325° until tender.This is Mommy’s* Brisket recipe, or at least it would be if...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Jedi Kitchen Tricks

Alan Stanwyck: You'll be wearing rubber gloves. Do you own rubber gloves?Fletch: I rent 'em. I have a lease with an option to buy. I can’t be alone in this.The first time you handled a chilli (in my...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Best Meal I Ever Had

Uttered upon awaking at 2 am in a freezing hotel room in the Park Plaza in Toronto.Me: Will you marry me?Trish: Uh-huh.This is the story of the best meal I have ever eaten.Not the most important meal –...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

That Thing They Du and a Gift of Baijiu

 Never eat Chinese food in Oklahoma - Bryan MillerThis is the story of how I found out you can get good Chinese food in Buffalo.In the immortal words of my Prof. (later Dean) Phil Closius: stay with me...

View Article
Browsing all 46 articles
Browse latest View live


Latest Images