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Little Aunties Pie Class, A Photo and Video Essay

16 May 2010 by Jean Johnson
Our Cooking with the Little Aunties Class turned out to have little uncles and big aunties as well as younger girls. That was fine by me because great people cluster around the Stevenson Community Library up the Columbia from Portland on the Washington side of the river. Yes, indeed. A good ...

Crazy Mama Mothers Day Sale

20 April 2010 by Jean Johnson
We've announced the Crazy Mama Sale to our blog subscribers and facebook friends, so now's time to clue others in. We know the economy’s tight, so here’s our best shot—offered because we’re new kids on the block with a radical measure free message. We’re holding a two-fer sale on ...

Froggie Wedding of the Year

28 March 2010 by Jean Johnson
Celeste, the measure free cover girl, has finally tied the knot with Mr. HH! It was a lovely Friday evening froggie wedding. We're expecting it to get scooped by all the society pages--and for book sales to be brisk. Just remember, you saw it here first!

Tostada Salad

22 March 2010 by Jean Johnson
Finally overcame some serious inertia and got started on the third in the measurefree trilogy: Grow Your Own: From the Garden to the Table. So you can say you saw it here first. Also a variation on the theme in a video at the bottom of this post. "Tostadas: So ...

On The Cook Counts Too

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 ...

Garlic Memories from Hippie Kitchen

18 March 2010 by Jean Johnson
It's an exciting time to be on the American culinary journey. We've certainly had twists and turns and all manner of steep grades, with the path getting downright mired in some pretty strange places over the years. Think: SAD (Standard American Diet) Here's a bit of my own story that I ...

Hippie Kitchen Upstaging Her Older Sister

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 ...

Hippie Kitchen Appeals to the Upcoming Gen

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) ...

Hippie Kitchen has a Ticket to Ride

11 September 2009 by Jean Johnson
Our 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 Johnson
Ten 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.