Monthly Archives: April 2008

What is this doing in my shopping cart? Or how I learn not to judge others.

By Vanessa | Published: April 29, 2008
I admit it. I look in other people’s shopping carts during checkout. I find it fascinating. Sometimes I even think things like: “Geez, all that packaged food…. I wish people knew the pleasures of the table and how much better it is for their health if they’d only cook fresh food.” Or, here’s another one:  [...]
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Why not? Everybody else is doing it.

By Vanessa | Published: April 22, 2008
They look good don’t they? When I was thinking about blogging the beignets and chicory coffee at Café du Monde in the French Quarter of New Orleans, it occurred to me that every single food person from IACP probably took the same pictures and that a pretty good number of the people who blog would [...]
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There’s plenty of food AND spirit in New Orleans

By Vanessa | Published: April 18, 2008
I’m here for the IACP conference (International association of culinary professionals) and it’s been truly inspiring. From the conference program itself to the people I’m meeting there—but it’s really New Orleans I want to talk about. Inside that conference hall, one could be anywhere. Outside on the streets there’s a lot of spirit and some [...]
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Chicken Empanadas with a Spicy-Smooth Green Salsa

By Vanessa | Published: April 12, 2008
I’ll be teaching a hands-on Mexican snack class at Kitchen on Fire in Berkeley on May 3 for Cinco de Mayo. This is one of the recipes I developed for the class. The recipe requires quite a few steps, but they are all easy and relatively quick. This dough is an adaptation of the empanada [...]
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Stuffed Cabbage Rolls with Sauerkraut

By Vanessa | Published: April 4, 2008
This particular kitchen project started out as a way to use a quart jar of sauerkraut that was over-fermented enough that it needed to be cooked, but it became a quest for a childhood flavor memory. My mother used to make Serbian stuffed cabbage dish called sarma and I’d always meant to make it. My [...]
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