Week of Eating In

by jax on February 22, 2010

art of eating in book

Pledged to eat in every meal for a week, as part of this Huffington Post+Cathy Erway joint endeavor to promote eating in (duh) and her new book!

Cathy’s a founding partner of Hapa Kitchen, and a superb everything food-related ally. I’ve enjoyed reading her blog, listening to her talk to fantastic guests on her podcast, working with her on numerous events, and just generally being a supporter.

She’s been making her rounds on the media circuit, being mentioned on a few of my favorite blogs and appearing on Good Day NY and the Martha Stewart radio show, among others. Go Cathy!

I know what you may be thinking: I couldn’t keep up with NaBloPoMo this short month and you doubt my ability to maintain eating in every meal for a solid week. Stick with me this week and see how I do!

Today, 2/22/10
breakfast: oatmeal
lunch: leftovers from dinner out Sun. night (this counts, right?)
snack: apple
dinner: chips & salsa (made some veggie curry, but too full from snacking to eat it!)
prep: batter for overnight waffles in the kitchen awaiting tomorrow morning….(I used Mark Bittman’s recipe from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, recipe to come tomorrow!)

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strange veggies

by jax on February 9, 2010

celery root and golden beets

Eeek, another late night with only minutes before the clock strikes twelve and the day’s gone with no NaBloPoMo post! Must. post. strange. veggies.

Above, freaky celery root and rusty-colored golden beets. Underappreciated vegetables. I’ll be back tomorrow with more information about these strange, delicious items and what to do to get acquainted with them.

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maryland corn chowder

February 7, 2010

NYC didn’t get the blizzard we (well, I) was hoping for, but one good thing that came out of our clear, sunny weekend is that I was able to have a productive weekend. The phrase “productive weekend” is not commonly heard ’round these parts so this makes me very happy. Jef had Lasik eye surgery(!) [...]

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what’s not to love about beets?

February 7, 2010

On a snowboarding trip in Vermont a few weekends ago, I prepared a somewhat lavish birthday meal for my friend Erin. First course: beet borscht. I trimmed the tops off of a couple pounds of beautiful beets and scrubbed the bulbs under cold water. After patting dry, I sprinkled the beets with olive oil, salt, [...]

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food books, shelf 1

February 5, 2010

“Pick up your crazy heart, give it one more try…”
Thoroughly enjoyed Crazy Heart tonight. Can’t get the music out of my head, makes me appreciate my years of growing up in rural towns listening to country and the blues.  And Jeff Bridges is just perfect, in my opinion.
Anyway, on to food. Quickly, as it’s almost [...]

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nada

February 4, 2010

Short nothing post tonight just to keep up with NaBloPoMo. Great days and tough evenings lately ’round here.
Sorry for this total cop-out, but I haven’t directed anyone to this new site yet so hopefully today’s post will go unnoticed. Forgive me and please return — I’ll be back for real tomorrow.

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west side night

February 3, 2010

As anyone will tell you, it’s a rough road trying to find good, inexpensive Mexican food in New York City. Sure, there are a handful of yummy high-end Mexican, Tex-Mex, or Southwestern restaurants, but when you have a craving for cheap, good tacos and burritos, you’re outta luck.
Before seeing West Side Story on Broadway tonight [...]

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satsuma mandarin

February 2, 2010

What do we know about satsuma mandarins? Well, if it looks, feels, and smells like an orange, it must be an orange. Or at least related to them. This particular variety (biological nomenclature: Citrus unshiu) of mandarin orange is firm, but the deeply pockmarked skin is super easy-to-peel. One dig in with even the most [...]

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make this butternut squash risotto

February 1, 2010

Trying NaBloPoMo during the shortest month of the year. Cop out? Maybe. Touch realistic? ‘Fraid so.
There’s a LOT going on around here lately – one of which you can plainly see in your browser window. Devour this is moving from Typepad to Wordpress. It’s been a long time coming, overdue in fact, and it will [...]

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Thai-spiced Tomato Soup, by way of Gourmet magazine, by way of The Wednesday Chef by way of The Gluten-Free Girl [also by way of Leite's Culinaria]

November 11, 2009

Longest blog title in history, perhaps?
I just find it fascinating the way recipes change hands, particularly since the rise of food blogs. Now don't get it twisted, I obsess over cookbooks and devour them in my daily life as much as one can [don't forget, I work on cookbooks at Wiley Publishing, Inc.]. But no [...]

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