the best imitation of myself

Today is the day! Menu for Hope begins!

This year's Menu for Hope will again benefit the school lunch program in Lesotho, as well as support the WFP's local procurement initiative, which contracts local farmers to grow food to supply the feeding program.  Learn more at chezpim!

Omnivore's Hundred Meme

http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/uncategorised/the-omnivores-hundred/

75/100!! (Well, 75/99 - not gonna do roadkill)

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Fiber is so good

Looking for non gross ways to integrate the recommended 30 of fiber a day into your diet? Forget Benefiber or other gross powders! You only get about 3g of fiber for mixing something gross and unnatural into your water/soup/whatever.

HERE are some SUPER AWESOME fiber packed foods!

Fiber One Chewy Oats and Chocolate Bars - 9g
Fiberful Fruit Leathers - 6g
Kashi Vive - 12g
Kashi Good Friends Original Cereal - 12g
La Tortilla Factory Low Carb/Low Fat large wraps - 14g
Aunt Mille's Fiber for Life Bread - 6g/slice

Switch to whole wheat pasta - usually about 4g/serving!

When in season -
Blackberries 1/2 cup = 4g
Pears = 4g

Fiber - yum!

update and advertisements

Back from another lovely summer abroad.  This was was great...but a little soggy. Had some faboulus food adventures as usual.  Here is a random list of things you may like as well!

If you are ever in London, you MUST visit Borough Market.  It may very well be one of my favorite places in the world. 

Almost every morning I ate a bowl of Dorset Cereal.  I tried the following flavors:
berries & cherries
super cranberry
fruit nuts & seeds
really nutty muesli
simply delicious muesli
super high fibre
organic fruit, nuts & seeds
toasted spelt 
pomengranate & cherry 

Keep your eye out at Whole Foods Market...they'll be carrying the cereals starting at the end of this month!!

I did visit the London Whole Foods store...it was ok.  I was very disappointed that you could not take pictures in the store. 

I also went to the Taste of London festival.  What a treat! Here is a list of some really good things I tried there...unfortunately, I don't think I can get anything in the US :(

Dress Italian
Firefly
Gu Puds
Innocent Drinks
Kenzai Green Tea
M. Chapoutier, Rhône
Rachel's Organic
The Serious Food Company
The Garlic Farm

Finally, on the home front - you may want to visit the following farmer's markets:
Sunday - Birmingham or Howell
Wednesday - Allen Street (Lansing) and Meridian
Thursday - Northville
Saturday - Eastern Market or Farmington

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How to Brine (pork, chicken, turkey)

  rubbing with garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper 
  Originally uploaded by 46137.

For some reason I get a lot of hits on my blog for the brined chicken post...I decided to document the entire process this time, so hopefully it will help others.  I'm going to work on an instructables page soon with more detail! For now, I hope the pictures/brief descriptions in this flickr set help!

BBC Good Food

GREAT new food website from the bbc!>> BBC Good Food.

sunday lunch

  sunday lunch 
  Originally uploaded by 46137.

great fall dinner: roast pork loin on a bed of pine nut cous cous w/mashed butternut squash

roast pork loin rubbed w/new bay seasoning
near east pine nut cous cous
butternut squash microwaved w/a little butter & brown sugar

i can't believe it is DARK at 6:30pm!!!!!!

Smile, you're on culinary candid camera!

Link: Smile, you're on culinary candid camera!.

How to make clotted cream

How to make clotted cream...I may have to give it a go :)  HOUSE & GARDEN.