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21 March 2010 by
Jean Johnson
You heard it here first. Straight from Hippie Kitchen, p. 44.
On the Cook Counts Too—
Fussing with cooking vegetables by the singleton is something I do less often than not. That’s because when you’re going for a quick meal, it’s easier to get a bunch of veggies onto the heat ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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) ...
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4 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
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.
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by
Jean Johnson
Beans 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 ...
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3 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Once 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 ...
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1 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Here'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 ...
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19 August 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Julia. 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 ...
Posted in Books, Blogs & Links, Dinner, Family, Friends, & Love, Fish, Sauces, Toppings, & Pestos, Sides, Summer, The Cook Counts To, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 3 Comments »
3 March 2009 by
Jean Johnson
I talked to my bud Matt yesterday. His kids have both been down with the flu. It's almost the same here as I've been nursing a cold. What to do other than get the soup pot on and review my fav book, Laurel's Kitchen.
Golden Noodle Soup from Laurel's ...
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