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by gansie
As someone who was raised Jewish, I get Chanukah presents this time of year. And that usually means I get presents before all those crazy Christians. So while most of you are eagerly waiting for the 25th, I already have some presents, courtesy of 80P’s parents (thank you!) and the Jewish calendar based on the lunar cycle.
If you’re still trying to figure out what to get the foodie on your list, and you couldn’t find something here or here, may I suggest to you the anti-cookbook: The Flavor Bible.
Here’s one of my favorite excerpts, and I’m not even kidding, I actually took a highlighter to the page to capture this:
Slavish followers of recipes, who treat them as gospel instead of guidelines, make the mistake of putting more faith in someone else’s instructions than they do in themselves. Many people would do better in the kitchen if they didn’t blindly follow recipes. In fact, following recipes may be holding you back from achieving your potential as a cook.
Let me explain. This is clearly not a conventional cookbook, it’s more about theory and concepts and lists. Lots of lists.
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by BS
OK, I almost don’t want to link to this one b/c I hate to give Ralph Nader press on Election Day, but it’s just too good to pass up. Here’s how the man who couldn’t stop running is raising money for his latest bid. I shit you not, this is from an actual fundraising blog post Nader wrote:
I’ve had a lot of hummus.
Hummus is nutritious.
And delicious.
It makes you stronger and healthier.
… If you donate to Nader/Gonzales by midnight tonight an amount that has the number three in it (three being the number of lemons in my mom’s hummus recipe), we’ll e-mail to you Rose Nader’s hummus recipe tomorrow.
That simple.
Simple, yes, that was the word we were looking for.
And here’s the best part. Via Wonkette:
“FYI I paid $3 for Ralph Nader’s hummus recipe thinking it would make an interesting dish to bring to the election party I’m attending. It is WAY garlicky. It called for four cloves and I put in four cloves but the garlic is so strong it burns. Ralph can’t even get hummus right.”
by BS
This summer, I took at little break from food-blogging to go explore my birthright in the Holy Land. While other trip participants got excited about being away from their parents for the first time, swimming in the Dead Sea, and joining the Israeli army, I clearly was just in it for the food. Broadandpattison has already told you about omni-dip, so here are a couple more Israeli food shots (sorry for the massive delay – have been waiting for pics from my travel companions)…
Jerusalem marketplace – olives, pickles, and olive’d and pickled everything
Got this at a lunch counter in Tel Aviv – no idea what it’s called. It’s an omelet topped with diced veggies and fried eggplant, and stuffed in–what do you think–a pita.
While we’re on the subject of pita, I have to talk about how they eat falafel…
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