Parents. Food. Technology. Somehow, okay, inevitably, this combination turned into hilarity. As we mostly turn to text for communication, it’s only natural that food dominates the keyboard.
On When Parents Text find the most ridiculous conversations between parents and kids on bacon vs. feather hair extensions, Jason Mraz’s avocado farm and cabbage’s impact on poop.
I love fall, and being from Illinois, I expect it to start in September. Not October. Or mid-November. Five years in DC and I am still in a state of denial as to the duration of summer, even after having to scrap my son’s bear costume because it was too hot out last year. On Halloween. At the end of October.
Upon awaking yesterday, the sky was gray, the air was crisp and the garden was looking half-dead (thanks Irene). Three clear signs of fall, if you ask me. Dear Husband had the car and the drizzle was drizzling, so it looked like an indoor day with the baby, the perfect kind of day to make soup. I pulled out my trusty Twelve Months of Monastery Soups and thumbed through the fall section. Tomato brandy soup sounded perfect. I could finally finish off the bottle of brandy that had been languishing on top of the fridge since last November.
The recipe called for making garlic herb stock first, using a “bouquet garni,” which apparently consists of tying together different sprigs of dried spices. When the soup’s done, you remove the bouquet from the pot and leave the gray, soggy mess on the steps of an ex-boyfriend’s house. Or something.
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Crowdfunding phenom Kickstarter has helped indie projects raise more than $50 million, launching everything from debut albums and documentaries to pop-up cupcake shops and European vacations. They have also brought the world 7 amazing foodie inventions we never knew we needed but definitely do.
When you think about it, microwave popcorn is really a quite ingenious invention. But why does it have to taste like licking the top of a paint can? The Quinn Popcorn Kickstarter came up with a way to make micro popcorn that strips it of all that chemical crap and covers it in natural flavors like parmesan-rosemary and lemon-sea salt.
Result: Success! $27,880 raised. Au natural popcorn to hit shelves soon.
Death to plastic cups at keg parties. One day, every disposable cup will be an edible, disposable vehicle made out of Jello.
Result: Raised $10,429; Edible cup molds currently in testing stage.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been sitting in the kitchen, struggling with my appliances and wondering, why isn’t there one simple machine that allows you to pedal a bike that powers a toaster AND churns butter to put on the toast?
Result: Success! $1,505 raised. Butter bike officially invented.
Already waiting for spring. [Grantoftegaard Farm / Ballerup, Denmark]
T minus four weeks until Halloween! Must mean it’s time to start planning ways to turn your favorite foods into dorky costumes, figure out how to dress your dog/cat/baby up as a hamburger, and of course — come up with ways to cook down all that pumpkin.
You can find all of Endless Simmer’s Halloween costume, cocktail and recipes ideas in Endless Halloween.
Last week I started photo-journaling my first fishing experience. I left off in the waiting period, which is pretty much what this type of non-casting fishing is all about.
While drifting around in one set of coordinates without any luck, our fisherman Dave got on his cell phone. Yes, I said cell phone. Here we are, on the Columbia River, caressing through the misty Oregon air and Dave chats it up with another fisherman, finding salmon in another set of coordinates.
We brought in our reels and Dave (above) drove us to a new area. (PS-You can totally hire Dave to help you find fish.) Forty-five seconds later Greg, our event organizer, started screaming. A salmon hooked onto Nick’s line. Greg screamed for everyone to reel in their lines, for fear Nick’s catch would tangle other lines. Within another 45 seconds, a 12-inch salmon wriggled in the hands of Nick and Dave. Cameras snapped and the salmon soon returned to the water, for it wasn’t a native fish and it wasn’t the right time of year and salmon politics are awfully complicated.
The excitement hung in the air for another few minutes as we eagerly awaited another catch in our new sexy coordinates.
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