Edam cheese was never really on my radar. I mean I’ve eaten it, and it was perfectly acceptable, but those encounters were not those superlative laden events, that I’ve had say, with a good Epoisse. However, my interest was piqued, first when my Filipino sister-in-law mentioned her father requested that she specifically bring some...
Apologies to the Euythmics, but ever since I conceived the idea for this post, I could not get their song out of my head. When I made my batch of homemade olives, I researched the various techniques involved, including the use of lye. I suddenly seemed to encounter all matter of food made with...
The custom of eating pork on New Year’s is based on the notion that pigs symbolize progress or prosperity for many cultures – not a connection that may immediately come to mind. The animal pushes forward, rooting in the ground before moving, symbolizing progress. In Italy, the fatty meat also symbolizes the fattening of...
Carrots are some of my favorite vegetables. We get them regularly in our CSA (consumer sustainable agriculture) box, and they look and taste delicious. The carrots from my CSA are colored so much deeper and richer, that I am accustomed to. The farmers keeps the greens on top and they almost look like an inverted bouquet; a...
Waffles are definitely a staple of many Americans diets and very traditional for brunch in the United States. They are mostly considered a sweet food, but every so often they show up in some unexpected savory places. Waffles are at the top of my list of yummy breakfast food. Whoever developed those little...
