Comparing Apples and Morons

Call me a latte drinking, bra burning liberal, but I have a casual interest in preserving the environment. That is, I recycle, conserve, and buy organic as much as my lazy, selfish tendencies allow. But when I see these stunts that companies pull to look environmentally friendly (like buying carbon offsets) with the sole [...]

Old School Betty Crocker

When was the last time you went to a party and your host(ess) served one of these:

*Please excuse the poor quality pictures–oh, camera phones.
If you’re under 40, probably never! People just don’t serve cheeseballs enough anymore. Nothing says “welcome to my home” like three pounds of dairy decorated to look like a Christmas ornament.
I found [...]

Kitchen appliances go on strike, tenants get fat, go broke

Mark Bittman read my mind–his story on revisiting the microwave came just in time. You see, I’ve been without a working oven and stove (and a clothes dryer, but thats another post entirely) for almost a month now, and I was itching to getting cooking again, not to mention feeling a little gross from the overdose of [...]

Cookie Party!

I don’t know about you, but I can’t eat another thing. But Holy Heart Attack, did I have some good cookies these last few days.
This recipe was recently passed through the females in my family, and I decided to try it for the first time. It’s super simple and tastes like it was bought in [...]

Picture UnPerfect

Somethings just aren’t as they appear in pictures. Like the menu at McDonalds. Or Pam Anderson without makeup. But especially the pictures that go with recipes in glossy, fancy cookbooks:

My recipes always taste good, but they don’t look quite as elegant as the pictures. Take this holiday cookie recipe I just tried, chocolate-peppermint sandwich cookies. [...]

Performance Anxiety

This column is from a couple of months ago, but it’s one of my favorites.
Confessions of a Wannabe Foodie:
Performance Anxiety
(Critical Sass, May 24, 2007)
“You look like you’re working hard there,” Andrew said, always one to offer helpful observations. I turned away from mixing my dough to give him “the look,” but he just chuckled. “You’ve [...]