FROMAGE ACCOUTREMENTS
My two favorite accessories for cutting le fromage are my Laguiole knives and my slate cheese board. Both were given to me by my very good friend Shannon. I never buy anything like this for myself. LAGUIOLE CHEESE KNIVES I emphasize and re-emphasize that I am not a crazy gadget [...]
CHOCOLATE. OLD SCHOOL.
Do you remember the not-so-good old days when most "boxed chocolates" were heart-shaped and could be found at your local drug store? It is not that I miss those days because, frankly, the Whitman's sampler and Russel Stover boxes were really not that good. Nothing can be good that has [...]
GOT BACON?
I love bacon, but I don't always finish a whole pack and there are few things more sad than watching your bacon go bad. I know a lot of you are sayin, "honey, bacon doesn't last more than a day in my fridge!" Good for you! I sometimes crave bacon [...]
SWEET TO BE RECOGNIZED
As you all know, I taught a 6-week course for Cooking Matters last year and will be teaching a second course beginning mid February. I get a lot out of teaching this class and not just sharpened comedy skills, ba-dump, but the chance to give back and meet some cool [...]
GIVE ME A DUTCH OVEN OR GIVE ME DEATH.
The title sounded good at the time... What is a Dutch oven? Besides being a form of juvenile torture, it is also a heavy enamel-coated, cast iron pot. I used to turn my nose up at these objects and the people who purchased them or pined after them, particularly the [...]
CLAUDIA’S THUMBS UP AND DOWN FOR 2010
Happy New Year everyone. Thanks so much for making the first year of RealFoodies TastyBits great. I believe February will be our official first birthday! I didn't write during the holidays. I figured we could all use a break or at least that is what I am going with. Here [...]