Comments on: Food Blogs and Home Cooking http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/ Life, Literature, and the Subversive Power of Living Small Thu, 10 May 2012 18:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Holly http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-40221 Holly Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:14:20 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/#comment-40221 Hi, Charlotte, Orangette is a beautiful read, and Molly just came out with her first food memoir, A Homemade Life. Can't wait to explore it, as she really envelopes you in. Find her at http://www.orangette.com. And, although you don't know me from soap, I think you'd like my blog, Sustainable Suppers: http://www.SustainableSuppers.com Sometimes, it even has a snazzy little podcast. I focus on frugal flavors and on real food: pastured meats, raw dairy and traditional fats. Also, chocolate. We make our own vinegar out of fruit scraps, grow our own sourdough yeast and make leftover magic by, say, turning popovers into popover bread pudding. I even found a way to leftovers in the bathroom: baking soda is now my go-to cheap-n-healthful shampoo, supplemented by hair teas made from leftover herbs and tea bags. As for the podcast, I wrangle chefs, farmers, authors, food activists and gadflies and ply them with alcohol until they tell me all about home cooking, food politics and frugal flavors. I really like your blog, by the way. Been reading it ever since you started posting over at The Ethicurean. It's a place to dream, and makes me yearn for a yard and manly men who hunt for me and even, when I'm really fed up with Miami, snow. Warm wishes, Holly Hi, Charlotte,

Orangette is a beautiful read, and Molly just came out with her first food memoir, A Homemade Life. Can’t wait to explore it, as she really envelopes you in. Find her at http://www.orangette.com.

And, although you don’t know me from soap, I think you’d like my blog, Sustainable Suppers:

http://www.SustainableSuppers.com

Sometimes, it even has a snazzy little podcast. I focus on frugal flavors and on real food: pastured meats, raw dairy and traditional fats.

Also, chocolate.

We make our own vinegar out of fruit scraps, grow our own sourdough yeast and make leftover magic by, say, turning popovers into popover bread pudding. I even found a way to leftovers in the bathroom: baking soda is now my go-to cheap-n-healthful shampoo, supplemented by hair teas made from leftover herbs and tea bags.

As for the podcast, I wrangle chefs, farmers, authors, food activists and gadflies and ply them with alcohol until they tell me all about home cooking, food politics and frugal flavors.

I really like your blog, by the way. Been reading it ever since you started posting over at The Ethicurean. It’s a place to dream, and makes me yearn for a yard and manly men who hunt for me and even, when I’m really fed up with Miami, snow.

Warm wishes,

Holly

]]> By: Ruth http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-40208 Ruth Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:44:30 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/#comment-40208 I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often. Ruth http://muffinsnow.com I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Ruth

http://muffinsnow.com

]]> By: Joannah http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-40196 Joannah Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:14:24 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/#comment-40196 I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often. Joannah http://myscones.com I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Joannah

http://myscones.com

]]> By: Maya http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-40161 Maya Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:38:55 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/#comment-40161 I agree with many of the sites you and other commenters have mentioned. A few more suggestions to add to the pack Gild the Vodoolily - Funny as hell, irreverent and interesting cooking projects. A great read all the way around. http://voodoolily.blogspot.com/ Last Nights Dinner - Straight up food porn. Beautiful pictures, especially on the weekly "Weekend eats and drinks' post. With a focus on local food. http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/ The Paupered Chef - Boys after my own heart. Recording successful and failed kitchen experiments from the perfect roast chicken to duck prosciutto. http://www.thepauperedchef.com/ There are many more, but these three I return to regularly and am always glad I did. I agree with many of the sites you and other commenters have mentioned. A few more suggestions to add to the pack

Gild the Vodoolily – Funny as hell, irreverent and interesting cooking projects. A great read all the way around.
http://voodoolily.blogspot.com/

Last Nights Dinner – Straight up food porn. Beautiful pictures, especially on the weekly “Weekend eats and drinks’ post. With a focus on local food.
http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/

The Paupered Chef – Boys after my own heart. Recording successful and failed kitchen experiments from the perfect roast chicken to duck prosciutto.
http://www.thepauperedchef.com/

There are many more, but these three I return to regularly and am always glad I did.

]]> By: Tara http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-40134 Tara Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:47:22 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/#comment-40134 I regularly read 101 Cookbooks (www.101cookbooks.com). She is a vegetarian and I'm not (although I like meatless meals just fine) and she uses a lot of ingredients that I just don't keep around, but I mostly enjoy it for the ideas. Her creations often delve into areas where I normally wouldn't venture, so I'm inspired to try all sorts of new things I never thought of. Also, while I don't use actual recipes much, she has turned me on to cookbooks that I find indispensable - particularly "Hands Off Cooking" by Ann Martin Rolke. This is the ultimate busy-person's cookbook, and I make most of these recipes to the letter, because I find that they work very well as is. I also read Diary of a Locavore regularly (http://www.diaryofalocavore.com/) because, well, it's just divine. :) I read Ruhlman occasionally and always enjoy it when I do. For someone who enjoys good food and does a lot of cooking, I really don't read much food-related content. I will check out some of your recommendations, though! I regularly read 101 Cookbooks (www.101cookbooks.com). She is a vegetarian and I’m not (although I like meatless meals just fine) and she uses a lot of ingredients that I just don’t keep around, but I mostly enjoy it for the ideas. Her creations often delve into areas where I normally wouldn’t venture, so I’m inspired to try all sorts of new things I never thought of. Also, while I don’t use actual recipes much, she has turned me on to cookbooks that I find indispensable – particularly “Hands Off Cooking” by Ann Martin Rolke. This is the ultimate busy-person’s cookbook, and I make most of these recipes to the letter, because I find that they work very well as is.

I also read Diary of a Locavore regularly (http://www.diaryofalocavore.com/) because, well, it’s just divine. :) I read Ruhlman occasionally and always enjoy it when I do. For someone who enjoys good food and does a lot of cooking, I really don’t read much food-related content. I will check out some of your recommendations, though!

]]> By: Julia http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-40133 Julia Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:08 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/#comment-40133 The Amateur Gourmet, (www.amateurgourmet.com) because he's a cheerleader for novice cooks, and his blow by blow accounts of his attempts at new recipes read like a conversation with a helpful friend. The Ethicurean: Chew the Right Thing (www.ethicurean.com) for collected & distilled info on sustainable food politics, especially meat. Avec Eric (http://aveceric.com) wherein sexy world famous chef Eric Ripert shows us how to make snacks in a toaster oven. Charming, yet sincere - I love it. Serious Eats (www.seriouseats.com) has some good cheap/simple recipes, as does Culinate (www.culinate.com) which is more focused on sustainability & health than SE. Chez Pim is a bit snarky, but sincere & offers detailed, interesting recipes for Thai dishes, in particular, www.chezpim.typepad.com. I think the common thread in these blogs is that their recipes work -- they all take the time to provide enough information for someone reading along to succeed. Or, if they're not recipe-driven, then they provide me with a steady stream of ideas about how to eat responsibly & respectfully -- of my own health, and everyone else's, too. The Amateur Gourmet, (www.amateurgourmet.com) because he’s a cheerleader for novice cooks, and his blow by blow accounts of his attempts at new recipes read like a conversation with a helpful friend. The Ethicurean: Chew the Right Thing (www.ethicurean.com) for collected & distilled info on sustainable food politics, especially meat. Avec Eric (http://aveceric.com) wherein sexy world famous chef Eric Ripert shows us how to make snacks in a toaster oven. Charming, yet sincere – I love it. Serious Eats (www.seriouseats.com) has some good cheap/simple recipes, as does Culinate (www.culinate.com) which is more focused on sustainability & health than SE. Chez Pim is a bit snarky, but sincere & offers detailed, interesting recipes for Thai dishes, in particular, http://www.chezpim.typepad.com.

I think the common thread in these blogs is that their recipes work — they all take the time to provide enough information for someone reading along to succeed. Or, if they’re not recipe-driven, then they provide me with a steady stream of ideas about how to eat responsibly & respectfully — of my own health, and everyone else’s, too.

]]> By: Julie http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-40132 Julie Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:46:16 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/#comment-40132 Dear Charlotte. One of my favourite food blogs is Tea and Cookies (http://teaandcookies.blogspot.com/). It is a delicous food blog, based on a good, tasty stock of recipes from the west coast, liberally seasoned with anecdotes and sippets from the author's life and, occasionally, enlivened with the Japanese spices of her travels in the east. Food is so intimately bound to our lives that any blog that manages to combine recipes with real life anecdotes and produce a tasty feast for the eyes is a real winner in my kitchen Dear Charlotte. One of my favourite food blogs is Tea and Cookies (http://teaandcookies.blogspot.com/). It is a delicous food blog, based on a good, tasty stock of recipes from the west coast, liberally seasoned with anecdotes and sippets from the author’s life and, occasionally, enlivened with the Japanese spices of her travels in the east.
Food is so intimately bound to our lives that any blog that manages to combine recipes with real life anecdotes and produce a tasty feast for the eyes is a real winner in my kitchen

]]> By: Meadowlark http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/comment-page-1/#comment-39742 Meadowlark Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:21:13 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2009/02/27/food-blogs-and-home-cooking/#comment-39742 How to Cook like your Grandmother. - Drew Kime How to Cook like your Grandmother. – Drew Kime

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