Posted by Jessica Esch on Monday, September 6, 2010,
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Cooking/Food
"The willful ignorance of our own food's provenance is curious, given our Discovery Channel-like fascination with the way in which everything else in our moden world is made. Some consumers will spend hours online reading up on cars, cosmetics, or clothes, searching out the most meticulously crafted or environmentally healthy products they can find, then run down to the supermarket and load their carts with bacon, butter, chicken, and eggs without thinking for a second where--or how--any of t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jessica Esch on Sunday, February 28, 2010,
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Cooking/Food

It seems fitting that my
friend enters big-time publishing in a magazine with a cake on one cover and
chocolate on the other. Her article "Silver Lining" takes you to Sudan to see how culinary food traditions are being preserved "in the face of urbanization, post-conflict displacement, and whims of nature."
Congratulations, AVC.
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Posted by Jessica Esch on Monday, December 21, 2009,
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Cooking/Food

It's been two years since I ate a piece of meat.
Julia makes me miss it a little.
Not yet enough to put it in my mouth,
but miss it nonetheless.
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Posted by Jessica Esch on Monday, December 14, 2009,
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Cooking/Food
2 potatoes + 2 leeks + water + salt + butter + whoa
Thanks to Samantha at Rabelais for putting Potage Parmentier on my radar and a sweet deal on Volume 1.
My apologies to Santa for purchasing something on my Christmas List. I know that is frowned upon.Comments Continue reading ...