Eating Animals
4 November 2009 by Jean JohnsonThe review of Eating Animals on Alternet calls the author, Jonathan Safran Foer a younger grittier Michael Pollan. Cool. And he'll be at Powell's tonight. 7:30.
All entries for 2009
The review of Eating Animals on Alternet calls the author, Jonathan Safran Foer a younger grittier Michael Pollan. Cool. And he'll be at Powell's tonight. 7:30.
The Cereal Bowl
by Jean JohnsonBeans in your morning cereal bowl are cool. A few garbs rolling around with the hazelnuts. Some blackies and a spike of red chile and lime to go with chunks of fresh pears. A pink hummus spread on apples. (Cooking Beyond Measure, p. 32) And now even a nod from ...
Affordable Local Produce
3 November 2009 by Jean JohnsonOnce you discover fresh local produce, there's no going back. But the problem for me has always been the spendy price tags at farmers markets. I solved it by growing my own and here's a snippet of this year's harvest. Kitchen gardens aren't everyone's cup of tea, of course. So Bion ...
Blue Corn Waffles, Fried Red Chile & Hopi Memories
2 November 2009 by Jean JohnsonAfter the Sixties in Flagstaff where better to go and chill out than Indian County. Call me lucky. I managed to cobble together an education degree and spent the next decade out on Navajo and Hopi posing as a school teacher. It's true, I arrived looking for smoke and feathers--the ...
Thoughts on a Measurefree Life–and Ian McEwan’s Hearty School
1 November 2009 by Jean JohnsonHere's how Booker Award winner Ian McEwan describes not measuring in his novel, Saturday. The passage comes through Henry Perowne, neurosurgeon and husband of Rosalind: "What he likes about cooking is its relative imprecision and lack of discipline--a release from the demands of the [operating] theatre. In the kitchen, the consequences ...
Hippie Kitchen has a Ticket to Ride
11 September 2009 by Jean JohnsonOur second born arrived this week on 09-09-09, a date we hope is an auspicious harbinger. We are beside ourselves. Clearly proud parents who think their darling sweetie pie Hippie Kitchen will have a ticket to ride. Indeed, Hippie Kitchen's first coming out party is at Food Front on Thurman ...
Spicy Food Gets More Than a Passing Glance in the Bay Area
6 September 2009 by Jean JohnsonTen days in the San Francisco Bay Area touring with Cooking Beyond Measure and previewing Hippie Kitchen. It was a blast pretty much, and Thai Slaw & Latina Peaches stole the show with their spicy twists.
Latina Peaches
by Jean JohnsonThese peaches are inspired by how they treat jicama in Mexico. I also do them with pineapple and melons of all stripes. Expect the fans to roll their eyes in bliss on this one because magic trio sets the sweet fruit off to a very fine angle indeed. Latina Peaches For ...
Brown Butter Sauce, Beurre Blanc & the New Julia Child Movie
19 August 2009 by Jean JohnsonJulia. Even the sound of her name brings lavish thoughts--grounded in a no nonsense approach to life. Bon vivant she was with her "bon appetit!" That's why I've been smiling since watching Meryl Streep bring Julia Child alive once again on the big screen. Ah, yes. Wasn't our Julia a grand ...
Edouard’s Mother’s Tomatoes: Luscious and Meow-Meow
9 August 2009 by Jean JohnsonWell, it's true. During tomato season fresh slicers are the bees knees done up in all our specially favorite ways. Then there's putting those plump tubby babies up for later on, whether it be in home canned salsa, lovely dried halves, or simply frozen whole, plopped into big baggies for ...