All entries for 2009
26 December 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Many I met during holiday events asked about classes--both adult and kidlets. At the very least we're planning to get something rolling with the kids. The series, Cooking with the Little Aunties, is open to girls 8 to 12.
Posted in Cooking Classes, Kitchen Tips | 2 Comments »
23 December 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Isn't that just the way. The first does yeoman service path breaking, and then the second comes along with her flirty name and catchy clothes and skates all the way to the bank. Speaking of the bank, though, both numero uno, Cooking Beyond Measure, and Ms. Hippie Kitchen are both ...
Posted in Books, Blogs & Links, Measure Free News, Thrift | 3 Comments »
18 December 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Ah, yes, I remember my own trip to Mexico as a food writer. Here's one of my photos:
So Mark Bittman's recent NYT piece on Mexican markets was a nice reminder of my own cruise-arama. Here he's talking about how Mexican women get fresh veggies on the table pronto--but he ...
Posted in Books, Blogs & Links, Culti-Multi Food, Equipment, Flash Cooking, Food Thoughts, Kitchen Tips | Add a Comment »
17 December 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Lenore's not two yet, and she's already in the groove. Angela, her mom and next door neighbor, sent these images and says they weren't posed. Rather Lenore loves to page through Hippie Kitchen, pausing particularly at page 159 where Iris (same-same from the Cat in the Cheese blog post here) ...
Posted in Books, Blogs & Links, Family, Friends, & Love, Food Thoughts, Measure Free News | 4 Comments »
by
Jean Johnson
The chile absolutely makes these cookies. Red chile flakes are such an affordable, easy boon to cooking. I use them so much that they sit out on my cutting board by the cinnamon and salt pots. Not surprising that they found their way into these sweets.
Spice plus sweet. An equation ...
Posted in Culti-Multi Food, Desserts, Food Thoughts, Holidays, Recipes, Vegan, Whole Grains | 1 Comment »
27 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Healthy, thrifty, delicious, and green. That's the whole point behind measure free. The idea that if we quit being slaves to paint-by-numbers recipes we'll be likely to cook more, eat well, be healthy, and save a bundle on the food bill. So at the end of the day, it's not ...
Posted in Bioethics & Sustainability, Family, Friends, & Love, Food Thoughts, Health and Wellness, Kitchen Garden Thoughts, Measurefree Cooking, Scratch Cooking, Seasonal, Thrift, Whole Grains | 1 Comment »
23 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Life's too short for store bought pie crust. Here's a recipe note from Hippie Kitchen for pie crust the old fashioned way.
Home Made Pie Crust
Use two parts flour to one part fat for your crust. In the pie pictured, I used two cups of unbleached white flour (departing from ...
Posted in Desserts, Pie, Recipes | 4 Comments »
17 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) and Big Food break my heart. That's why cheap breakfasts don't impress me. The hens and pigs pay so very pitifully for our pleasure. Factory farmers prostituting themselves under the guise of feeding the world--never mind the big bucks.
Given all that, why does this blog ...
Posted in Bioethics & Sustainability, Culti-Multi Food, Food Thoughts, Measurefree Cooking | 1 Comment »
16 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
It's official. We're in a jobless recovery with unemployment rates above 10 percent--the highest since the late-1980s. Before we go off half-cocked and fearful about our financial futures, it serves us well to consider the term job-less. That's right. It means fewer jobs than we'd like. But it doesn't mean ...
Posted in Food Thoughts, Thrift | 3 Comments »
5 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Researchers at the University College London think they're onto this depression thing. The conclusion of their latest research? Off the land of crinkly packages and eat real food.
Sounds good to me. Besides you can even play with it.
Along with the idea that junk food causes depression is a new Scripts ...
Posted in Food Thoughts, Playing with Your Food | 1 Comment »