Posted in Foodstuff, In the News, tagged climate change, converted bus, crazycollegekids, Emory & Henry College, green, recycling, recycling cooking oil, reuse on 02/28/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Credit: The New York Times
Look what some students in Virginia are doing in the name of alternative energy:
Roanoke, VA – EMORY – Students here have found a new way to harness the power of vegetables: fuel for spring break. Participants in the outdoor program at Emory & Henry College plan to drive more than 1,500 [...]
Posted in Foodstuff, tagged engrish, randomness, Rwanda, Rwandan Mountain Tea, tea on 02/27/2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the perks of working in an international office is that interesting foodstuff is always turning up. Today, I wandered groggily into the breakroom and found this:
Rwanda Mountain Tea…from Rwanda. Just chillin’ in our D.C. office. Alrighty then. You know there’s an interesting story behind that! Anyway, between the silverback gorilla and the promise on [...]
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged greens, kale, kielbasa, main dish, soup on 02/26/2009 | 6 Comments »
Credit: www.mariquita.com
My friend, Brooke, loves greens, and she says they’re amazing in this soup her mom makes. It’s a simple recipe, and simply delicious. Add your choice of herbs to taste.*
-2 cans (16 oz.) cannellini beans [drained]
-1/2 large bag kale (pre-washed), large stems removed if necessary
-1 onion, chopped
-2 cloves garlic, minced
-1 lg. box chicken stock, plus [...]
Posted in Foodstuff, In the News, tagged 99 Cent Chef, cheap eats, cooking on a budget, dollar store cooking, frugality, saving money, the Great Depression on 02/25/2009 | 1 Comment »
…the 99 Cent Chef?
The 99 Cent Chef is more than just a goofy guy who loves cheap food and breakdances badly. He’s also a talented cook who manages to reinvent inexpensive ingredients in dishes you might actually eat (although I won’t go anywhere near those Vienna sausages—gross). In these times especially, it pays to [...]
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged bacon, Brussel Sprouts, garlic, italian, main, Parmesan cheese, pasta, roasting on 02/24/2009 | 1 Comment »
Cooking for one is sometimes an (unexciting) necessity. To me, it’s much more fun to cook imagining someone else groaning in pleasure after taking a bite. (Hey, a girl can dream, right? ) But anyway, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to cook up a big pot of soup or whole roast when there’s just one mouth to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on 02/24/2009 | 1 Comment »
If things look a little messy around here, have no fear—there will be no wolf whistles or lewd catcalls emanating from this construction site (er, not many, anyway). I’ve been playing around with blog themes and formatting, trying to find a look that fits Culinspiration. So please, pardon my mess. By the end, I hope [...]
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, Technique, tagged dessert, custard, chocolate, pudding, butter, rich, corn starch, baker's chocolate, Stephanie Petrew, chocolate pie, cocoa on 02/22/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love recipes that are handed down in families. My friend, Stephanie, whips up a batch of this decadent chocolate pudding anytime she wants to pamper someone special. The recipe came from her grandmother, who (as you’ll see by the end of the recipe, transcribed from her recipe card) is quite the funny lady.
This is a [...]
Posted in Health & Nutrition, In the News, Video, tagged Hoover Institution, Is Food the New Sex?, Mary Ebertstat, methinkprettyoneday, PETA, Policy Review, pornography of food, racy ad, veggie love, youtube on 02/21/2009 | 2 Comments »
Wherever pleasure is concerned, the lines often tend to blur. Check out this interesting article by Mary Ebertstat, “Is Food the New Sex?” She asks, “What happens when, for the first time in history, adult human beings are free to have all the sex and food they want?”
An excerpt:
“In just over 50 years, in other words [...]
Posted in Foodstuff, In the News, Recipes, Restaurants, Technique, tagged Bravo, cooking demonstration, Spike, Top Chef, Washington DC on 02/20/2009 | 1 Comment »
For you locals, there’s a fun event coming up with Top Chef Spike Mendelsohn @ 6th and I Synagogue.
Spike Up the Matzah
Sunday, March 22, at 6:00 p.m.
“Matzah brei, matzah pizza, matzah mania! Chef Spike Mendelsohn dazzled us last December with his suave latke-making skills. Just in time for Passover, he’s back with recipes to rev up your matzah. [...]
Posted in Foodstuff, tagged bacon, baconnaise, condiments, mayo, Paula Deen, peopleareweird, salad dressing on 02/19/2009 | 2 Comments »
Credit: Sara McPherson
What I really want to know is, how would this taste on a BLT? Or in chocolate mayonnaise cake?
More importantly, what evil genius came up with Baconnaise? Is he on PD’s payroll?
Bacon psychos fans, you can get a 3-pack via the internet.
Ingredients and nutrition panel after the jump.
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged breakfast, Brooke Heaton, brunch, flapjack, fruit, maple, pancake, raspberry, syrup on 02/17/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have I mentioned that I’m incredibly spoiled?
Saturday morning I lounged over a cup of tea (reading food blogs, natch), while my dearly beloved made these:
Raspberry pancakes—a treat on Valentine’s Day, or any day
Posted in Libations, Restaurants, tagged almond liquer, amaretto, amaretto sour, cocktails, Disaronno, Ferreira Duque Doirinha, lemon juice, soda, the Gibson on 02/16/2009 | Leave a Comment »
If there is a better way to spend Valentine’s Day than sipping cocktails side-by-side in a secret candlelit bar, I don’t know it. Especially when some of those drinks involve handmade sour mix and a lovely, not-too-sweet almond liquer from Portugal:
Ferreira Duque Doirinha
Doirinha is strikingly similar to amaretto, but less cloying and intense. It makes a [...]
Posted in Foodstuff, In the News, tagged book, consumption, family life, food crisis, groceries, Hungry Planet, photography, prepared foods, refugee camp, what the world eats on 02/15/2009 | 1 Comment »
…in a week:
Peter Menzel’s book, Hungry Planet, documents what families around the world consume. Menzel traveled to twenty-four countries and visited thirty families from Bosnia to Mongolia to document what a week’s worth of groceries looks like in each culture. Time offers a glimpse of some of these photos in Parts I and II on its website.
Check out how [...]
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