Food Sites for February 2023
Thursday, January 12, 2023
One of our favorite Peekamoose waterfalls—
with not much in the way of falling water.
Winter has finally arrived with a vengeance—not a lot of snow, so far, but it’s been damned cold around here. Definitely soup, stew, and baking season. We haven’t once been tempted to go wandering in the woods (that photo was taken from the side of the road, not far from the car’s heater). Consequently, we’ve been cooking, writing, and posting Substack newsletters:
Portrait of the Artist as The Invisible Man. Excruciating self-analysis and a bit more of the story from the last episode (Once More, Under the WIP).
Another WIP, interrupted. Another excerpt from yet another book-in-progress.
WIP-lash added another sample from the previous post, but—just to make things interesting (that is: difficult)—out of chronological order.
Chuck Full o’ Something: an exercise in unmitigated digression.
You can, if you wish, follow us on Facebook (where, among other things, we post a lot of photographs), and Twitter. Still more of our online scribbles can be found at A Quiet Little Table in the Corner and other Substack pages. There’s even an Amazon author’s page, mostly about our food writing.
We hoped to find some wintery comments from On the Table’s culinary quote collection but, instead, found these about frozen food.
Go figure.
If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners. Johnny Carson
I personally prefer a nice frozen TV Dinner at home, mainly because it’s so little trouble. All you have to do is have another drink while you're throwing it in the garbage. Jack Douglas
Gary
February 2023
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— the new sites —
(Eric Dursteler’s chapter in Insatiable Appetite)
Add “Electric” to Your Flavor Palate.
(Sam Lin-Sommer explores Sichuan Pepper—and similar spices—for Gastro Obscura)
Cookbook for Dining with the Dead, A
(Sam O'Brien’s Gastro Obscura article on the foods of Día de los Muertos)
Forgotten Baking Technique That Turns Bacteria Into Delicious, Cheesy Bread, The
(Natalie Zarrelli describes baking bread with bacteria in place of yeast at Gastro Obscura )
Forgotten Cookbooks That Fueled Women’s Suffrage, The
(Sam O'Brien’s Gastro Obscura article about an 1886 book that merged cookery with activism)
History of the Martini Glass, The
(a toast from Olivia White, at VinePair)
How Countries Use Food to Win Friends and Influence People
(an excerpt from Fabio Parasecoli’s book, Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics)
I Eat, Therefore I Am: Disgust and the Intersection of Food and Identity
(Daniel Kelly and Nicolae Morar in The Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics)
(anthropologist Stephen Wooding addresses the question in Sapiens)
Mysterious Origin of Corn, The
(the history and genetics of maize, from Carol A. Westbrook at 3 Quarks Daily)
Passion (and Fantastical Fashion) of France’s Food Brotherhoods, The
(Anna Mindess on the serious—and sometimes seriously silly—groups that revere regional specialites in France; article at Gastro Obscura)
Same Compounds: Different Flavours?
(Barry C. Smith's paper in Proceedings of Wine Active Compounds 2008 )
(database of 5,000 historical cookbooks and related food history, started by Barbara Ketcham Wheaton six decades ago but online now)
“Squirrel, if You’re so Inclined”
(“recipes, narrative and the rhetoric of southern identity” by Carrie Helms Tippen, in Food, Culture & Society)
These Medieval Food Habits Changed the Way Food is Eaten Today
(Larry Holzwarth, at History Collection, on what ordinary people ate)
— inspirational (or otherwise useful) sites for writers/bloggers —
4 Library Collections Filled with Culinary Treasures
AI Reveals the Most Human Parts of Writing
Challenges of Writing a Continent-Spanning Cookbook, The
Eat Like England’s First Non-Royal Ruler with This Propaganda-Filled Cookbook
Food of the Gods: Cure for Humanity? A Cultural History of the Medicinal and Ritual Use of Chocolate
“Hot Girl Food”: How Food Porn Changed in 2022
How Food Influencers Sharpen Their Brands: Print Cookbooks
Is Your Favorite Food Genetic? Study Identifies 325 Genes That Influence Taste
Quest for the Gros Michel, A: the Great Banana of Yesteryear
Southern Cooking Myths You Shouldn’t Believe
Taste of Louisiana, A: Mainstreaming Blackness Through Food in The Princess and the Frog
To Cook a Wolf–Baking with M F K Fisher
What You Need in Your Kitchen Most, According to Cookbook Authors
— podcasts, etcetera —
Everything You Know About Mexican Food Is a Lie
Food Origins: Why Jesus Never Ate a Banana
Inspiring Persistence of Marion Nestle, The
Making Pots from German Helmets 1946
Many Rooms in the House, The: Research on Past Foodways in Modern Europe
Mysterious Rise of Food Allergies, The
Super Heroes: Our Favorite Italian Sandwich Shops in...
Texas Is Having A Testicle Festival & You Can Taste Them Battered, Fried Or Grilled
Trouble with Money and Publishing, The
— that’s all for now —
Except, of course, for the usual legalistic mumbo-jumbo and commercial flim-flam:
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Sauces Reconsidered: Après Escoffier
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How to Serve Man:
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