Food Blog

I’ve been forgetting my duty to mantain a comprehensive food blog list, but I’ve managed to find a few more.
backyard grub exploring the idea that you can find, make, or grow good food anywhere
christine’s culinary canvas
domestic bliss
ginadapooh’s recipes
shenanchie this one is a fairly new blog, but there’s a ton of good content going back aways […]

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If this was going to appear on a menu it would read: Pine Nut Encrusted Salmon with Cerely Root, Parsnip, Cucumber Salsa, on Wasabi Buttered Somen.
Okay, so it’s not technically a salsa, but it was damn good.
I bought one of those big slabs of salmon that are always on sale at Dominick’s, and while not […]

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Obvious distractions have kept me from cooking more than chicken legs and rice.
But Matthew helps out with this link: Subsistence and Army Cooks History Page. The history of the army food service program, including a ‘history of rations’ and different menu’s offered by the services to soldiers operating in different theatres of war. Pretty darn […]

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Weight Watcher Cards circa 1974
Just go. Oh, and make sure you’re not drinking anything when you read the commentary. This makes it into my top ten funniest things on the Web. By Wendy a local Chicago weblogger.
via Metafilter and a tip from Andrew .

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I always seem to wait until the very last minute to announce these things. But I have to mention that Ben and Mena Trott, the creators and engineers behind Movable Type, the wonderful content management system I use to run this Food Blog, will be giving a presentation on Weblogs and Community Building, in my […]

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On Sunday I found a Japanese market in Wilmette called Sea Ranch, (3217 W. Lake, Lake and Skokie Blvd.). While not a replacement for Mitsuwa, this place has a good assortment of Japanese hardware, packaged stuff, including candy and snacks, frozen stuff and strange produce, both fresh and packaged (pickled burdock root for example). I […]

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Vegemite for morons, from the great and powerful Grudnuk “You cannot do this with Marmite. Marmite is weak and feeble.”
New foods Hitting the Shelves - vegetarian alternative to gelatin snacks and rainbow goldfish snacks. I wondered how you make gelatin without animal products and found out its the combination of agar and carrageenan.
Roux Reviews to […]

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