The middle of summer always reminds me of Pam Wright, “The Cobbler Lady.” That I just landed of box of incredible, intensely-flavored Blenheim apricots from the best apricot farmer here in CA for all of $20 for a 25 pound box (!!!) probably had something to do with it.
Continue Reading...Because food history doesn’t have to be boring…. a few of this week’s fun food history news bytes. Fine. At least they’re more interesting than most.
Continue Reading...There is an excellent summary by Allison Aubrey of a new Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior report over at NPR this week: “‘Teachers and principals are seeing how the classroom cooking experience helps support critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills,’ says study author Leslie Cunningham-Sabo, a nutrition researcher at Colorado State University.” Hot damn! Any positive press about teaching kids to cook like their grandmothers once did (Or actually, let’s go a little farther back, to the pre-boxed cake mix era, shall we?) gets a major thumbs up in today’s let’s-harp-on-the-negative-calorie-side of food world.
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