Giving – Do It Yourself Hot Chocolate
Giving – better than receiving. As the holiday season comes around the two perennial bugbears loom closer. How can we manage gifts when we have neither time nor money to shop? And how, while we are at this pity-party do we convince the children that it is better to give than to receive? We […]
Food allergy reminders for breaking bread this Thanksgiving
Dining out or in the home of friends this Thanksgiving? If you’re minding food allergies, give yourself a minute to browse these food allergy awareness reminders.
Kitchen kit – Jane’s top six kitchen essentials
If you were cast on a desert island, what six pieces of music would you choose, and which book, beside the Bible and Shakespeare? This question has been posed weekly on a BBC radio program since 1942. Well-known personalities come up with assorted answers like Beethoven and the Beatles, George Strait and Georges Bizet, Louis […]
Minding the English . . .
Jane Manaster takes this cookery post from Austin back to England with Minding the English . . . Jane was raised in England long ago when eating roast heart or stewed tripe served with a glutinous white sauce were not uncommon. No special names disguised their identity! English food unjustly has a very bad reputation. Wangle an invitation to someone’s home […]
Recipe Risk
Jane Manaster shares her take on . . . risky recipes Selecting a recipe online is such a temptation and such a gamble. Even experienced cooks eager to try something new can be lured into making bad mistakes. My latest failure was bran and raisin muffins. I trawled one site after another, rejecting the recipe […]
Don’t chuck the pumpkin seeds
We’re carving pumpkins this evening . . . and roasting the seeds to a crunch. Don’t chuck the seeds. Give your pumpkin seeds this quick oven roast.
As for food . . . weekend recommendation from Austin’s Addie Broyles
Note to Austin locals: If you’re in town this weekend and able to check out the Texas Book Festival, consider today’s recommendation from Austin’s Addie Broyles to secure a seat at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the cooking tent to experience a little of the culinary wisdom of Lidia Bastianich. You may or may not recognize […]
Peel and Eat Potatoes-Peelin’ with Jane
Peel This The Cookery welcomes Austin’s Jane Manaster back this week to challenge us with a post on peeling potatoes. Peelin’ with Jane: Remember when potatoes were a staple? At 50 – 99 cents a pound, and with pasta and rice down in price, they are almost a luxury. When a visit to the supermarket […]
About that nutmeg . . .
Sometimes it sounds like a nut – but it’s not. If you’re managing nut allergies among family and friends, you probably bump into the nutmeg question, as we do, this time of year. I lace my pumpkin pies with nutmeg, and our nut-allergy-positive family members and friends freely indulge. Nutmeg is not a nut, but a […]
Drink to Fair Trade Month in October
Supporting Fair Trade sounds simple, but picking up a convenient alternative takes me off track. October is Fair Trade Month, and I’m working my way back to stocking Fair Trade coffee. Want to join the cause? Take a look at these easy avenues to support Fair Trade . . . . starting with a cup […]