Tag: story
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Tomatoes, white bread, mayo. What more do you need?
Consider the tomato sandwich.It’s an excellent example of the maxim that the simplest ingredients yield the highest reward: Bread. Mayonnaise. Tomato. Salt. Pepper.You can debate each element — which bread, which mayonnaise, which tomato. But add anything more and you’ve gone too far.You may be able to buy a tomato in January, but you can…
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At 90 years, icebox cakes are still chill
Icebox cakes are as easy as pie.Also called refrigerator cakes, they require little or no baking, and are easy to assemble.Icebox cakes, according to www.foodtimeline.org, likely date to the early 1900s and became popular in the 1920s, thanks, in part, to Nabisco’s Famous Chocolate Refrigerator Roll recipe.Included on the label of Nabisco’s Famous Chocolate Wafer…
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Pineapple Squares spark childhood memory
Rosie Ahern of Willits, Calif., was looking for a recipe for pineapple squares that she remembers from her childhood. Her mother, who baked bread on a weekly basis, came across the recipe on a package of Fleischmann’s yeast.Barbara Davis of Salisbury, Md., sent in the recipe she believes is likely the one Ahern was searching…
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Bison is back on the table; now learn to cook it
The American bison is back, and not just on the Great Plains.Thanks to two Teds — President Teddy Roosevelt and media mogul Ted Turner — the bison has traveled an unlikely path from ubiquity to near extinction to rising star of the culinary scene.The problem now is that Americans — who last year bought 31…
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‘Julie & Julia’ Gets the Story Right
NOTE: RUSS PARSONS IS THE FOOD EDITOR AND COLUMNIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES.LOS ANGELES • At a certain point in the wonderful new movie “Julie & Julia,” there is a plot twist so shocking the audience gasps. Julia Child does something that seems so totally out of character that even on the way out,…
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REVIEW: Top Thai in town
Location is everything. Or at least almost everything. A restaurant situated on the right corner can thrive for decades, even though a spot just a block away would be the kiss of death. Sure, service, value and the food can trump the address, but it is tough. That’s how you know that Taste of Thai…
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Gewürztraminer: It’s hard to pronounce but oh so easy to drink
I’ve written before that Riesling is my favorite white wine.Well, Gewürztraminer is a close second. And I think it’s time it gets its due.One of its most distinctive qualities is its captivating bouquet — spicy, floral and exotic. Typical fruits include apricot, peach, grapefruit, and lychee.The best come from Alsace, where they are full-bodied, well…
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ON FOOD: Say cheese: Beautiful curds garner kudos at class
Sure, I’ve had my share of compliments, like anybody else. But I had never been told I had beautiful curds. And I must confess it made me beam.As a student at Patricia Costanzo’s class on making fresh goat-milk cheese, that was the ultimate kudo for a job well done. Costanzo had taken several gallons of…
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ON THE SIDE: Food briefs
Hot, hot, hotBarbeque Mercantile, 2619 W. Colorado Ave. in Old Colorado City, is featured in the September issue of Chili Pepper magazine in the “Hot Commodity” article. It was one of six stores from across the country highlighted. Peachy keenJuicy peaches are ready, and that means it’s Palisade Peach Festival Recipe Contest time Saturday. There…
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For Ramadan, a moist date and almond cookie
These easy coconut, date and banana macaroons are perfect during Ramadan, the monthlong celebration during which Muslims fast during the day. The fasting traditionally is broken by eating a date at sunset. ALMOND-DATE MACAROONS—Yield: 12-15 cookies 1 banana1/2 cup baking dates (or very moist dried dates, pits removed)1 (7-ounce) package sweetened coconut flakes1 teaspoon almond…