August 2011
1 post
Recipe: Ballerina Ice Cream
Ballerina cookies are great with vanilla ice cream, so of course they’re even better mixed in! I wrote this recipe to make a small batch (about a quart), but you can double it to fill a full-sized ice cream maker.
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup heavy whipping cream
¾ cup sugar
1 ½ tsp vanilla
¼ tsp salt
6 Ballerina cookies
Pour the half-and-half and cream into a large mixing bowl. Add...
July 2011
2 posts
Screen to Plate →
“I still think America’s Test Kitchen is the best food show on the air, but I would add a caveat: However simplistic it may seem, however unsophisticated the recipes, the show that teaches you how to cook is the show that gets you off the couch and into the kitchen.”
Make Food Choices Simple: Cook →
February 2011
1 post
January 2011
6 posts
A Fighting Spirit Won't Save Your Life →
“It is difficult enough to be injured or gravely ill. To add to this the burden of guilt over a supposed failure to have the right attitude toward one’s illness is unconscionable. Linking health to personal virtue and vice not only is bad science, it’s bad medicine.”
An excellent book on this topic is Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-sided.
What's The Difference Between Regular and Decaf...
fakescience:
Is Butter Good For You?
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September 2010
1 post
Marion Nestle: →
What your doctor should tell you about your diet
July 2010
1 post
Bad Universe →
Phil Plait, astronomer, debunker of bunk, and major figure in the skeptical community, will have his own show on the Discovery Channel? And it’s basically Mythbusters In Space? I think I shall offer extra credit to my students this fall for watching!
June 2010
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April 2010
1 post
March 2010
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February 2010
1 post
A review of the new Michael Pollan book, "Food... →
January 2010
8 posts
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Winter Squash Soup
I love this soup! The first time I made it, for a single batch, I used an acorn squash and a sweet dumpling squash. The next time (pictured), I made a double batch with an acorn squash, a butternut squash, and a small pie pumpkin. Both were fantastic and made satisfying packed lunches.
Directions: Cut two small squash in half and place cut side down in a baking dish with some water in the...
Snacking Nation →
Apparently, we have collectively decided as a culture that it is impossible for children to take part in any activity without simultaneously shoving something into their pie holes.
Michael Pollan Offers 64 Ways to Eat Food →
The Facts about Food and Farming →
LATimes.com - Let’s not join one of the armed camps deeply suspicious of one another shouting past each other.
The Vita Myth - Do supplements really do any good? →
September 2009
1 post
Bento Boxes Win Lunch Fans →
August 2009
2 posts
Recipe: Swedish Berry Cobbler
This recipe appeared recently on Mat och annat gott, a food blog written by three Swedish ladies - my former roommate Karin, her mom, and her sister. The blog often features cakes, pies, and cookies, and when I saw this cobbler, I had to try it. It’s unbelievably easy, tastes amazing, and even looks really pretty without even trying.
Of course, Karin made hers with a pail of summer...
How cooking shows discourage cooking
Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
June 2009
5 posts
Organic?
I’m a fan of Marion Nestle, and this column is a great example of why. Any questions about organics and the organic industry? They’re probably all answered right there.
Recipe: Lamburgers
The recipe for these Greek-inspired burgers appeared to Ben in a dream. (No, really. It was Tuesday night.) Unlike many dream recipes, it sounded just as logical the next day, so he gave it a try. The result was a gourmet burger worthy of a fine dining establishment.
Directions: Combine 1/3 cup each of chopped spinach and ground zucchini, one clove of garlic, five large fresh mint leaves,...
Recipe: Banana Bread
I brought home 12 leftover bananas from a party on Friday, and I’m trying to use them or save them as quickly as I can. First up was banana pancakes yesterday (fold one mashed banana into regular pancake batter), and today it’s a double batch of these banana muffins, made with my banana bread recipe.
Ingredients: 2/3 cup sugar; 1/3 cup shortening; 2 eggs; 3 tbs sour cream (or...
May 2009
9 posts
The Fallacy of Locally Grown Produce
This essay makes a great point, and even better, comments #2 and #3 make the two best counterpoints that I can think of.
Skepticblog » The Fallacy of Locally Grown Produce
Recipe: Nuclear Bananas
Since I’m trying to get back to posting more recipes, here’s a very simple, delicious, potentially painful dessert.
Slice one habanero pepper in half lengthwise and remove the seeds. Avoid touching your face. Saute in about four tablespoons of melted butter until fully cooked. Continue to avoid touching your face. Remove the peppers and add the bananas. Fry the bananas in the butter...
Twitter feed
OK, I’ve got my Twitter (@abneyc) hooked up here. Lovely!
Food Prices
The Week 10 photo was rained out, sorry. : ) But here’s a very interesting graph.
April 2009
12 posts
Album o' garden photos →
For those interested in more in-depth coverage of Epic Garden ‘09
Recipe #5 - Black beans and rice
With much help from the label on the Goya brand can of black beans, I worked out this beans and rice recipe. It’s excellent as the basis of a giant foil-wrapped Chipotle-style burrito, or just as a side dish or packed lunch.
Heat a little olive oil in a saucepan and add one small onion (finely chopped), half a green bell pepper (finely chopped), and two minced garlic cloves. Cook until...
The future of space exploration
The solar system and the galaxy are far, far larger than most people understand. (I, for one, can’t comprehend such magnitudes.) It’s probably not possible that we will ever leave the solar system. However, this essay gives the probable alternative, and I’ll take it!
Traffic lights for food
I really like the traffic light food labeling system that the UK is using. I wonder how it’s working. Apparently it may work a little too well.
We are all test subjects →
When food, science, and public policy overlap, science tends to lose out.
