It seems the lost art of pickling and canning has found a home in American kitchens. In the spirit of eating local and seasonal produce, canning helps the thrifty consumer stock the pantry. This process is a strong connection to to our…
Oh, Sweet Basil Reinventing Dinner For the Everything-Woman
Oh, Sweet Basil is a food blog/website that claims to reinvent the idea of family dinner. Like many food blogs, it was created by a mother. One look and you can tell that the website is not just a hobby…
Seeing Your Food Through f/2.8
There are two things that have always inspired me: food and photography. My inspirations led me to Vanessa Rees’ website, which offers recipes and photographs of those recipes prepared. Rees won the 2013 Savuer Best Food Blog Award for her…
Curation Posts
Robin Good’s Curation Playlist on provides a collection of helpful links to info on what makes for successful content curation (which is what you are doing for some of your posts to the site). Follow Robin Good’s tips (found here) for…
The Forme of Cury
A page from the Forme of Cury.
The Forme of Cury, printed in the late 14th century, is one of the oldest cookbooks in English, although not exactly English that you will easily recognize (if you need some help, check out this helpful glossary). This cookbook was written by the master cooks of King Richard II and intended to help instruct on proper preparation of everyday dishes. Read more about it at the British Museum.
Rare and très cher…
Take a quick tour of some unique cookbooks, including a cookbook by artist Salvador Dali, Les Diners de Gala (look here for info on what this rare cookbook sells for). [note: this posting is an example of a “Curation post”]