Food & Drink
Fannie’s Last Supper: Recreating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer’s 1896 Cookbook
Part history, part memoir, and part cookbook, Fannie’s Last Supper is a wonderfully written story of the book and one man’s quest to create a twelve-course dinner representative of those created by the original readers of Farmer’s 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Leaving no stone unturned, Chris Kimball gives us a real feeling for the life, times, … Continue reading
Today is the day …
My first whisky tasting on American soil … at the Washington Wine Academy! This the first of many, so keep an eye out on their event page … Plus, there will be some addition beer classes added to the list of events and who knows what else!
Recent Reads … dogs, history, politics, food, and more
Amazon.com Widgets Whether it is a book about understanding dogs, the food system, the history of the AK, or something else, I enjoy reading a vast array of nonfiction. Here are my recently completed volumes, in no particular order: (Beware, it is not a short list.)
A Child’s Voice on Industrialized Food
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Recent Reading … a slight backlog
Okay, I have been busy recently and have not had time to post some of the books that I have been reading. So, before I take this load back to the library, here they are: Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson – While Jackie Robinson broke the … Continue reading
Reading about food production
Okay, while I was teaching, I may not have been able to post as regularly as I normally do, but that did not mean that I stopped reading! I read every day for at least 30 to 45 minutes, generally as I am going to sleep. It is my way to clear my mind and … Continue reading
Recent Reads
Well, I finally finished reading Heirloom Vegetable Gardening but while I was reading it, I also managed to finish a couple of other books! The Heirloom Vegetable Gardening tome is a great volume and I would like to have a copy of it on my gardening bookshelf for future reference. Now, on to the other … Continue reading
Honey Pot
Ain’t this a cute little honey pot! It would look great alongside our Fiesta and with our Le Creuset cookware …
Big & Little Books of Heritage Vegetables
A couple of additional gardening books that I am currently reading … and The first book (Heirloom Vegetables: A Home Gardener’s Guide to Finding and Growing Vegetables from the Past) is an ideal beginners book. About half of the book concerns the reasons to grow heritage vegetables and some of the details about how to … Continue reading
Garden Update
Garden is doing well … And, we are starting to get a regular supply of items … we have gotten a handful of small tomatoes, these two squash, and one large tomato. But, from all of the fruit on the vines, we are going to have a lot of little tomatoes soon and probably 8-10 … Continue reading
