Homemade Chicken Stock: It's NOT Rocket Science

posted by Lisa Lacy September 7, 2010 at 9:26 PM in Food & Party

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Ah, chicken stock. You always SEEM like such a good idea to really stretch my grocery dollar ... but, when faced with a carcass after a lovely roast chicken dinner, fear compels me to toss it. But I'm making a resolution: No more of this. I researched chicken stock (and chicken broth) and it really doesn't seem all that bad.

For starters, a definition: According to the BigOven Food Glossary, chicken stock is "a heavily concentrated reduction of bones and bony parts along with a lesser (if any) amount of breasts, thighs, and legs."

This is not to be confused with chicken broth, which, alternatively, is made more from meat (per those culinary geniuses at the Food Network).

Frozen, Sawdust-Tasting, Year-Old Wedding Cake: Who Made Up That Stupid Tradition?

posted by Lisa Lacy August 27, 2010 at 5:26 PM in Food & Party

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August, September, and October are three of the most popular months to get married, according to TheKnot.com. That means we're smack-dab in the middle of wedding season. So it's no surprise that I recently came across a post in the Houston Press about the tradition of eating the top tier of your wedding cake on your first anniversary.

I feel like this is one of those things that most people have heard about, but no one knows exactly why anybody does it. So I did a little research.

The result?

S.J. Sebellin-Ross of Almost Vegetarian: What's in My Fridge?

posted by Brianne DiSylvester August 9, 2010 at 10:39 AM in Food & Party

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I'm chatting with food bloggers about their favorite foods and what's in their fridge ...

This week, I interviewed S. J. Sebellin-Ross (who shall remain faceless) of Almost Vegetarian. In her quest to go vegetarian and also please her meat-eating hubby, she developed an almost vegetarian lifestyle. Find out what's in her super-clean fridge (I'm jealous), her guilty meat pleasure, and what dairy she won't buy.

Aki Kamozawa & H. Alexander Talbot From Ideas in Food: What's in My Fridge

posted by Brianne DiSylvester July 30, 2010 at 4:25 PM in Food & Party

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Every Friday in our "What's in My Fridge" feature, we'll be chatting with a different food blogger, asking them about their favorite foods and what's in their fridge.

This week I chatted with the adorable family from Ideas in Food. (Seriously, how cute are they?!) Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot (along with moral support from their 18-month-old daughter, Amaya) are chefs, consultants, and authors -- their book Ideas in Food comes out December 2010.

This is a family that likes to get to the source of their food -- like when they butchered a whole five-bone rib eye earlier in the week -- and can't get anything done before breakfast. Also, you won't believe how many pints of ice cream are in their freezer!

Sarah Reid of What Smells So Good?: What's in My Fridge

posted by Brianne DiSylvester July 23, 2010 at 10:13 AM in Food & Party

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Every Friday in our "What's in My Fridge" feature, we'll be chatting with a different food blogger, asking them about their favorite foods and what's in their fridge.

Sarah Reid from What Smells So Good? is a student/nutritionist who lives in Ontario, Canada, and loves whipping up healthy treats.

There are three kinds of milk she always has on hand (three!) and there is one condiment that she puts on everything. This foodie has my mouth watering.

Kevin from Closet Cooking: What's In My Fridge

posted by Brianne DiSylvester July 16, 2010 at 1:25 PM in Food & Party

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Every Friday in our "What's in My Fridge" feature, we'll be chatting with a different food blogger, asking them about their favorite foods and what's in their fridge.

This week, I interviewed our first guy -- Kevin from Closet Cooking. This food blogger is a computer engineer by day and lives in Toronto, Canada. Find out why he has one of the most organized fridges I've ever seen, why it's always dark, and what Asian dish he makes from scratch -- hint, it's not egg-rolls.

Cheryl Dunkin of Cooking Dunkin Style: What's in My Fridge?

posted by Brianne DiSylvester July 2, 2010 at 2:25 PM in Food & Party

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Every Friday in our "What's in My Fridge" feature, we'll be chatting with a different food blogger, asking them about their favorite foods and what's in their fridge.

This week, I interviewed Cheryl Dunkin of Cooking Dunkin Style. This food blogger and stay-at-home-dog-mommy lives in Portland with her hubby and Boston Terrier. Find out why she has not one but two fridges, a separate drawer dedicated to her father-in-law, and what live item she wishes was crawling around in her fridge.

Adrienne Andrews Mitchell of Gastroanthropology: What's In My Fridge

posted by Brianne DiSylvester June 25, 2010 at 12:48 PM in Food & Party

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Every Friday in our "What's in My Fridge" feature, we'll be chatting with a different food blogger, asking them about their favorite foods and what's in their fridge.

This week, I interviewed Adrienne Andrews Mitchell (aka the Gastroanthropologist) from Gastroanthropology. This former pastry chef turned food consultant and blogger lives in London with her boyfriend and Sammy, her chocolate lab. Find out what she wishes she had a separate fridge for, why she hardly ever freezes food, and why she has a love-hate relationship with dairy.

5 Quick and Easy Homemade Food Gifts

posted by Amy Jo Jones June 22, 2010 at 6:00 PM in Food & Party

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Chocolate-covered strawberriesTeacher presents, graduations, birthdays, hostess gifts, thanks-for-watching-my-dog-for-the-weekend gifts. It feels like I've needed all of these just within the last couple of weeks.

I love to show appreciation to people around me, but my ideas don't always match my cash flow situation.

It's times like these that I always go back to some of the best gifts people have given me: FOOD!

Here are five of my favorite quick and easy food gifts:

Jo Horner of Amuse Bouche: What's in My Fridge?

posted by Brianne DiSylvester June 18, 2010 at 12:36 PM in Food & Party

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Every Friday in our "What's in My Fridge" feature, we'll be chatting with a different food blogger, asking them about their favorite foods and what's in their fridge.

This week I interviewed Jo Horner (who shall remain faceless) of Amuse Bouche. She's the owner of Create a Cook culinary classes for adults and kids and lives in Newton, Massachusetts, with her hubby and 14-year-old Beagle.

Find out which trashy dishes she craves, what she considers the holy trinity of condiments, and why her hubby is "fridge-challenged."