Tag: Food writing
In the Kitchen with Doctor Carrot
Recipes for Carrot Salad, Carrot Marmalade, and Carrot Cookies What would Edith (a character both real and fictional in the novel Ashes and Ruins) have done with a bounty of carrots? Dr. Carrot, an ubiquitous cartoon carrot-man, urged Brits to eat lots of the easily grown orange veggie. Unlike onions, citrus fruit, and fish (also…
Soup with Potato Pete
Vichyssoise and Potage of Potatoes and Leeks, both with Sorrel Butter DURING WORLD WAR II in the UK, every child and every housewife knew Potato Pete. The rotund, anthropomorphic potato wore a jaunty hat, spats, and well-polished black shoes. He greeted the kids and their mothers from posters, newspaper ads, and the popular radio show,…
Foodies in Japan: A Cooking Class Diary (2nd of 2)
Part 2: Japanese “food for socializing” and savory pancakes LAST WEEK, I POSTED THE FIRST PART of this “diary” about cooking classes in Japan. In those first two classes, sushi making in Tokyo and ramen soup in Kyoto, Erin and I try our hand at familiar Japanese dishes. In the cooking classes described below, we…