July 23, 2008Food bits from around the Web
It's been a while since I cruised all of my favorite food sites on the Internet, namely because my Google Reader crapped out on me for a couple of months, displaying nothing but a blank page. When I finally talked to the IT department about it, they simply upgraded my Internet browser and everything magically reappeared. Genius me. Of course, by then, I had about 500 Serious Eats and Slashfood entries backed up to read. How in the world those people post more than 30 entries in 24 hours' time is beyond me. Moving right along, here's a snapshot of some of the entries that caught my eye: From the New York Times yesterday, a story about how affluent locavores in big cities like San Francisco are hiring companies to plant vegetable gardens in their own backyards. The gardeners plant and tend the garden, then harvest the veggies and leave them in a neat little box on the doorstep. I was amused by the photograph of folks hanging out on the patio, fiddling with a laptop, while some overall-clad fellow slaves away in the garden. From Serious Eats: Blogger Robin Bellinger has been writing regular "Eating for Two" entries throughout her pregnancy. In this particular one, she debates the risks and benefits of eating too much peanut butter while she's expecting. Apparently, she has heard that women who eat a lot of peanut butter while they are pregnant are more likely to have asthmatic children. Who knew? From Slashfood, a link to a blog that made me laugh harder than I have in recent memory. Cake Wrecks is about exactly what it sounds like it's about: disasters involving cakes. These cakes were paid for, but from the way they turned out, they should have been free. If you need a laugh, by all means -- go see this blog! Finally, from The Washington Post, a fascinating article about the delicious Hispanic beverage known as horchata. I first came into contact with horchata on a trip to San Francisco a couple of years ago. It is milky, cold, cinnamony deliciousness. I tried it again at Local Colors, then was delighted to find prepared horchata and horchata mixes at La Estrella Latina on Williamson Road while reporting for the ethnic market series. I'm sure you could find the same kinds of mixes at some other Hispanic groceries. |
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[July 23, 2008 1:13 PM]
Amy Hanek : →http://www.eatingaroundvirginia.blogspot.comMy husband had a garden behind the country club he worked at in Florida. He used the herbs grown there on a regular basis and the veggies while they were in season.
Best of all, the greenskeepers kept it ... well, green.
[July 23, 2008 2:14 PM]
Nona : →http://blogs.roanoke.com/thehappywag/Cake Wrecks may well be my new favorite blog! I mean, besides Fridge Magnet, of course.
[July 23, 2008 3:41 PM]
MichelleThanks for the links! I had seen an article on msnbc about the peanut butter link to asthma but they made it sound like you had to eat two peanut butter sandwiches a day for your whole pregnancy or something. I'm sure the makers of Jif have been trying hard to debunk that study!
[July 23, 2008 4:45 PM]
DebbieMy daughter and son in law are growing tomatoes, peppers and different herbs in their backyard this year. One of the herbs is pineapple mint, they're growing it to use in mixed drinks. My almost 3 yr old grandson likes to go in the yard and stand there pulling the mint leaves off and eating them.
[July 24, 2008 10:15 AM]
Lindsey : →http://blogs.roanoke.com/fridgemagnet/Michelle, I think you're probably right, unless you happen to be someone like Mila Jovovich, who I read ate like 3 PB&J bagels per day while she was pregnant! She went up to 190 lbs, but of course with a personal trainer and chef she is back to toothpick size again. She probably has a vegetable gardener, too ;-) Debbie, is this the same little boy who didn't want to work in the "yarden?" Maybe that was someone else's grandson.
[July 24, 2008 4:30 PM]
DebbieYes it is. He's one of the lazy locavores. :-) He'll enjoy the fruits of mom and dad's labors.
My father died on Monday, and among the photos of him on display was a snapshot taken of him standing in his garden, in his little patch of Silver Queen corn, smiling broadly among the stalks that were as tall as he was. I don't think you can feel that sense of pride, if someone else does the job for you.
[July 24, 2008 4:50 PM]
Lindsey : →http://blogs.roanoke.com/fridgemagnet/Oh, Debbie, I am so sorry for your loss. I'll bet your dad knew how to grow a wonderful ear of corn. I'm glad, despite all our jokes about the lazy locavores, that people seem to be appreciating good, homegrown food again.
[July 24, 2008 5:34 PM]
DebbieThank you. Yes, he did. That Silver Queen spoiled me. Not that I don't like regular yellow corn, but the white just seems so much sweeter. I remember my grandma cooking a big pot of the corn one time, and one of my cousins must have eaten half a dozen ears himself! After his first plateful of food, when asked if he wanted seconds on anything, he said, I believe I'll have me another ear of that corn, and he kept on having them. :-)
I agree, it is wonderful that people are appreciating homegrown food again.