Culture
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
Here's the rap on Hot Chile Cookies straight from the pages of Hippie Kitchen:
Hot Chile Cookies
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 ...
Posted in Culture, Desserts, Food Thoughts, Holidays, Recipes, Whole Grains | 1 Comment »
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 ...
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2 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
After 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 ...
Posted in Breads and Such, Breakfasts, Culture, Food Thoughts, Measurefree Cooking, Recipes | 1 Comment »