Chilled out & cheery ~ 
A guide to a sane, happy holiday season ~ "...holiday season is in full swing. For some folks, it's a frenzy of merry-making and hall-decking..." Covering the coming holidays prep with cheer-inducing cocktails, festive nibbles for Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Solstice and New Years traditions, from celebrities, chefs and... The Best Hot Drinks for the Holiday Season | SAVEUR
Global food dropouts
~ They grow their own vegetables. They raise backyard chickens. They bypass the supermarkets to buy groceries from farmers they know...
Read more: Way of the locavore: Four ways to escape global food; theglobeandmail.com
~ Globally, more people are eating less meat. From environment to obesity, the reasons are many and varied...
Read more: Meat-Free Meals; mindfood.com
Secret ingredient
The humble choko, (a knobbly fruit treated as a vegetable), was once the primary food that filled the tummies of poor families in Depression-era Australia...
Read more: The Outcast; mindfood.com
Food notes
~ The sandwich: generally thought of as two or more slices of bread and some filling in between. Every country has their own interpretation...
Read more: 10 Chefs and the Sandwiches They Love; huffingtonpost.com
~ Oysters - Plus: How to shuck shellfish like a pro, and the best toppings...
Read more: The Five Oysters to Know; details.com
~ Ham and Cheese Toastie recipe | In Season; mindfood.com
Tastemakers
Q&A - Rachael Ray on her voice, her family, and being called “the Next Martha.”...
Read more: All in Good Taste; vanityfair.com
Food stories
~ Louis Diat, May 1949 - Pictures of one kind or another usually flood the memory when some favorite food of youth is injected into a conversation...
Read more: Strawberries À L'Amour; gourmet.com
Food for thought
Sandor Katz and the underground food movement. On making sauerkraut at home, the surprising ways in which bacteria are integral to human life...
Read more: NOBLE ROT - A podcast with Burkhard Bilger; newyorker.com
~ When chef Thomas Keller heard about the quality of seafood from a supplier in Maine, he wrote to the company's owner...
Read more: Thomas Keller: Pay people what they're worth; eatocracy.cnn.com
~ Megan Fizell behind the blog feastingonart.com shares her secret to translate cake inspired Pop Art paintings into real gourmet cupcakes...
Read more: Pop up with some Pop Art cakes; swide.com
Healthy corner
~ This column will change your life: What do our relationships with pets tell us about ourselves...
Read more: The truth about cats and dogs; guardian.co.uk
~ Veggies not always good for you: Food safety expert; torontosun.com
~ Trimming down high cholesterol; cbc.ca
From the mixer
~ Wedded in Wonderland; latimesmagazine.com
~ Bringing celebrity chefs to tout Gulf seafood; sunherald.com
Check Also:
~ FOOD MEDITATIONS »: A digest on what's happening in the global food community ...
~ MISHKA BITES »: Travel Bites and Other Life Distractions ...
~ OCK STYLE »: Photography, Styling and Everything Chocolate, Wine, Etc. ...
~ RECIPES HUNTER »: Passionately compiling a comprehensive collection of recipes from all over the world ...
~ SERIOSAMENTE »: Questioni Italiche e Non. Cercando di Essere "Polemicamente Corretti", Ma Non Troppo! ...
Image by ockstyle via Flickr
Appetibilis
~ Crostata di Sfoglia ai Fichi e Pistacchi; dulcisinfurno.blogspot.com
~ Brandied Pumpkin & Pecan Biscotti; prettypeasrecipes.blogspot.com
~ Dates Bread; treatntrick.blogspot.com
~ Lemon Curd Recipe; rowieonpendertime.blogspot.com
~ Pomegranate Cosmopolitans; jacobskitchen.wordpress.com
Looking for recipes? Check The Recipes Hunter collection...
Join The Food Styling and Photography Club on Facebook to improve your skills in food photography and food styling, learn something about cooking and enjoy the visual.
A guide to a sane, happy holiday season ~ "...holiday season is in full swing. For some folks, it's a frenzy of merry-making and hall-decking..." Covering the coming holidays prep with cheer-inducing cocktails, festive nibbles for Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Solstice and New Years traditions, from celebrities, chefs and... The Best Hot Drinks for the Holiday Season | SAVEUR
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." ~William Shakespeare (quotegarden.com)
Delightfully yours, Food Meditations
Global food dropouts
~ They grow their own vegetables. They raise backyard chickens. They bypass the supermarkets to buy groceries from farmers they know...
Read more: Way of the locavore: Four ways to escape global food; theglobeandmail.com
~ Globally, more people are eating less meat. From environment to obesity, the reasons are many and varied...
Read more: Meat-Free Meals; mindfood.com
Secret ingredient
The humble choko, (a knobbly fruit treated as a vegetable), was once the primary food that filled the tummies of poor families in Depression-era Australia...
Read more: The Outcast; mindfood.com
Food notes
~ The sandwich: generally thought of as two or more slices of bread and some filling in between. Every country has their own interpretation...
Read more: 10 Chefs and the Sandwiches They Love; huffingtonpost.com
~ Oysters - Plus: How to shuck shellfish like a pro, and the best toppings...
Read more: The Five Oysters to Know; details.com
~ Ham and Cheese Toastie recipe | In Season; mindfood.com
Tastemakers
Q&A - Rachael Ray on her voice, her family, and being called “the Next Martha.”...
Read more: All in Good Taste; vanityfair.com
Food stories
~ Louis Diat, May 1949 - Pictures of one kind or another usually flood the memory when some favorite food of youth is injected into a conversation...
Read more: Strawberries À L'Amour; gourmet.com
Food for thought
Sandor Katz and the underground food movement. On making sauerkraut at home, the surprising ways in which bacteria are integral to human life...
Read more: NOBLE ROT - A podcast with Burkhard Bilger; newyorker.com
~ When chef Thomas Keller heard about the quality of seafood from a supplier in Maine, he wrote to the company's owner...
Read more: Thomas Keller: Pay people what they're worth; eatocracy.cnn.com
~ Megan Fizell behind the blog feastingonart.com shares her secret to translate cake inspired Pop Art paintings into real gourmet cupcakes...
Read more: Pop up with some Pop Art cakes; swide.com
Healthy corner
~ This column will change your life: What do our relationships with pets tell us about ourselves...
Read more: The truth about cats and dogs; guardian.co.uk
~ Veggies not always good for you: Food safety expert; torontosun.com
~ Trimming down high cholesterol; cbc.ca
From the mixer
~ Wedded in Wonderland; latimesmagazine.com
~ Bringing celebrity chefs to tout Gulf seafood; sunherald.com
Check Also:
~ FOOD MEDITATIONS »: A digest on what's happening in the global food community ...
~ MISHKA BITES »: Travel Bites and Other Life Distractions ...
~ OCK STYLE »: Photography, Styling and Everything Chocolate, Wine, Etc. ...
~ RECIPES HUNTER »: Passionately compiling a comprehensive collection of recipes from all over the world ...
~ SERIOSAMENTE »: Questioni Italiche e Non. Cercando di Essere "Polemicamente Corretti", Ma Non Troppo! ...
Image by ockstyle via FlickrAppetibilis
~ Crostata di Sfoglia ai Fichi e Pistacchi; dulcisinfurno.blogspot.com
~ Brandied Pumpkin & Pecan Biscotti; prettypeasrecipes.blogspot.com
~ Dates Bread; treatntrick.blogspot.com
~ Lemon Curd Recipe; rowieonpendertime.blogspot.com
~ Pomegranate Cosmopolitans; jacobskitchen.wordpress.com
Looking for recipes? Check The Recipes Hunter collection...
Lemon Curd
Join The Food Styling and Photography Club on Facebook to improve your skills in food photography and food styling, learn something about cooking and enjoy the visual.
