It may seem as though the only thing I have the energy to do is sit around being cranky about food legislation. That’s not true, for in fact I can be cranky about a great many other things. At the moment I’m cranky about other peoples’ crankiness, specifically the two people who wrote in to […]
READ ONThankfully, a federal judge has struck down a New York City rule that would have mandated that fast food restaurants list their products’ calorie counts directly on their menu boards. The rule would have impacted all chain restaurants with 10 or more locations, be they local, regional or national, but it doesn’t take a genius […]
READ ONMy good friend Sally C. from Tip of the Iceberg writes in with this piece of advice for all those who live in fear of the dreaded pantry moth: Keep your flour (or cornmeal, whatever) in the freezer to keep the moths from hatching. Far as I know that doesn’t affect it at all. Never […]
READ ONWell, the three-year-old got it yesterday afternoon, and the wife woke up with it. Proof that the generous impulse knows no age limit, little Joan has handed the stomach bug around. I’m the last and only man standing. The tarps have been laid down, the hose brought into the house…pray for me.
READ ONForget about Harley vs. Kawasaki, Beatles vs. Rolling Stones, mulching vs. bagging…if you want to witness a true breakdown of civilized discourse, try asking a group of octogenarian bakers what kind of fat makes the best pie crust or biscuit. Butter or shortening? Or maybe lard? Here in the South that subject is dinner party […]
READ ONI think all of us have an instinctive feel for how much laundry is implicit in those few words. Between midnight and six we had four linen changes. The wife and I are both taking half-days off work to care for the poor thing, though she’s really quite cheerful considering the volume she’s given up […]
READ ONIs there another fruit as deeply immersed in erotic associations as the peach? I can’t think of one. Yes, cherries. OK, pears. Yeah alright, bananas. But in the end I don’t think any other fruit has quite the breadth and depth of erotic interpretations as the peach. Why? Supposedly because of all fruits, it’s the […]
READ ONThe biscuit method is probably the simplest of all the Big Five mixing techniques. On first glance, it resembles Muffin Method in that the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients are mixed together separately before being combined. The key difference is that the fat, which is almost always a solid fat, is rubbed into the […]
READ ON…is about the easiest type of dessert to make. Cut up your fruit, toss it in sugar to coat, add in a little cinnamon, sprinkle over a spoonful of corn starch (maybe even a splash of almond or vanilla extract) and cover the whole shootin’ match with biscuit dough. Bake for an hour at 375 […]
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