http://foodarazzi.com As paparazzi chase the stars.... Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:35:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en August 21, 2010 - What's happening in my kitchen? The half-sours were delicious, but not very dilly. Research revealed the volunteer "dill" in my garden was in fact fennel. Oops! The 2m. (6 ft) hollow stems were the clincher. Great for salmon gravlax, not so great for dill pickles. http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2504 Moving house can turn up old memories attached to unused items too good to throw out, for which opportunistic gifting can make two parties happy. I dropped in and found my friend Jan contemplating a pair of egg coddlers that her mother had given her. They were in their original ... http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2477 August 2, 2010 - What's happening in my kitchen? Three kinds of fermentation – rising in an oiled bowl, a sourdough made with atta flour, in preparation for flatbreads tomorrow (regular carb friends will be here). Creme fraiche is fermenting in a homemade constant-heat box, lit with a 100 Watt ... http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2469 After many months away from the website, I'm back with some thoughts on eggs. I confess, I eat eggs almost every day for breakfast, one with its yolk, and some “just whites”. There's a lot of research on eggs, partly because there is an organized egg industry that is interested ... http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2423 Nopales are the fleshy pads of the prickly pear cactus. Nopales are eaten all day in Mexico: had them in scrambled eggs, and also as a breakfast side - delicious little stir-fry with onion and tomato, and probably lard. They appear in salads and stews, at all-inclusive resort buffets ... http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2393 A recently published study found low-carb ketogenic diet resulted in lower blood pressure than a weight loss regime using orlistat plus a low-fat diet (less than 30% of calories from fat). Orlistat is marketed as Xenical or Alli. It prevents the body from absorbing fat that was eaten. The study ... http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2369 In Guanajuato, we had an excellent meal at Las Mercedes restaurant, which describes itself as “Cocina Mexicana Artesanal”. We had spent the morning walking in the historic centre, seeing museums, and wandering through the tunnels that carry a good amount of vehicular traffic underground. The oldest tunnels were once ... http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2306 I haven't had hijiki in about 5 years. In fact, I might have cooked up some of the last hijiki in Canada. Okay, that's probably an overstatement - others probably had a better inventory than I did. I don't think my parents were the only ones who squirreled stuff ... http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2255 One of the reasons I love cooking while we're travelling is so I can participate in the market, not just observe it. I looked forward to two weeks in San Miguel de Allende to shop and cook, as well as to change pace - too many days on the move ... http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2210 This morning, December 25, we had our tea, and opened presents with Christmas tunes playing and sunshine streaming in the windows here in San Miguel de Allende, a colonial town in the highlands of central Mexico. Having Christmas away had its ups and downs. There's the warmth and sunshine, the ... http://foodarazzi.com/?p=2155