We finally visit the West Coast with today’s choice of Food Blogger of the Week, Cooking with Amy. Based in San Francisco, Cooking with Amy publishes original food writing including recipes, restaurant and product reviews, contests, essays and insight into culinary news. This week she’s reporting on the Bay Area Food Bloggers Second Annual Picnic [...]
Posted on August 31, 2006 in Recipes and tagged as Julia Child
Want to know how to make a cake out of ground meat? Check out today’s post, More fun with ground meat at A Readable Feast. Not only will I share links to Vashti’s and Martha’s recipes, but give you a few recipes from the 1969 edition of Better Homes and Gardens Ground Meat Cook Book [...]
Posted on August 25, 2006 in Venison and tagged as beef, cakes, ground meat
Big Bad Dad bagged an antelope last weekend. One of the cool things about his hunting trip was the availability of onsite expert butchering. He said the mobile set up was very professional and super clean. I thought it was especially cool because it was cheaper than taking it "in town" to the butcher shop. [...]
Posted on August 25, 2006 in Venison and tagged as ground meat
This week’s Food Blog of the Week is Coconut & Lime blogged by 27-year-old Rachel R. of Baltimore, Maryland. (She also blogs at Food Maven.) All recipes at Coconut & Lime are the original creations of the author. (How many of us food bloggers can say that?) The blog features great pictures in a clean [...]
Posted on August 24, 2006 in Baking,Desserts,Recipes
As Rookie Moms, Heather and Whitney of Berkeley, CA, decided to do at least one activity per day with their children. The activities are meant to be enjoyable for mom and help her get out of the house. Often the activities involve eating, which is always challenging with a new baby, like getting meals on [...]
Posted on August 24, 2006 in More Stuff
Fellow ClubMom blogger Denise writes a series of cupcake topper posts on her A Daily Dose of Denise blog. She has some terrific ideas, so check them out! Since I’m so hung up on piping frosting in interesting and unique ways, I never thought about searching for cute cupcake toppers. This would work for classroom [...]
Posted on August 19, 2006 in More Stuff and tagged as birthday cakes, cake decorating, cupcakes
Since returning from BlogHer, I’ve vowed to start finding different blogs to read. One of my new finds is the allergy friendly Food is Yummy, blogged by a 28-year-old nursing student in Alexandria, Virginia. I’m not sure where she finds the time to cook, let alone take great pictures and blog about cooking and eating. [...]
Posted on August 17, 2006 in Fish,Recipes
When I was researching bento box lunches for my children’s book and cooking blog, A Readable Feast, I found a terrific site – Lunchboxes.com. They carry every kind of lunchbox you can imagine, including I Love Lucy, western, the Sex Pistols, KISS, and the Ramones (Oh boy, I really, really want a Ramones lunchbox! Maybe [...]
Posted on August 16, 2006 in Cookbooks,Products and Equipment
Both my cooking blogs, This Mama Cooks! and A Readable Feast are featured over at Men In Apron’s food blog carnival, Carnival of the Grill. Lots of great links and super pictures. Check it out! Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed.
Posted on August 15, 2006 in More Stuff and tagged as grilling
Allergic to eggs or just looking for foods that don’t contain them? I’ve found some terrific recipes for eggless meatloaf that I’d love to share with you at my other food blog, My Readable Feast, and check out Allergies and the search for eggless meatloaf. Don’t care if your meatloaf contains eggs or not? Try [...]
Posted on August 13, 2006 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes and tagged as meatloaf
I had the pleasure of meeting Retro-Food.com‘s blogger at the food blogger breakout session at BlogHer. Since she prefers to stay anonymous both on her blog and on her business cards, I won’t indentify her in the picture. But it was fun meeting Retro-Food.com because I’m a huge fan of her site. (And she of [...]
Posted on August 10, 2006 in More Stuff
Inspired by all the fabulous food bloggers I met at BlogHer06, I’m starting a new feature, Food Blog of the Week. If you’d like me to feature your blog, all you need to do is email me. If I like your blog, I’ll add it on my blogroll and feature it on a post. I [...]
Posted on August 3, 2006 in More Stuff
After a coworker’s cookout, I’m a big fan of lamb on the grill. This recipe is from Grill!: Quick And Delicious Recipes for Indoor And Outdoor Grilling by Pippa Cuthbert & Lindsay Cameron Wilson. Grill! is a delightful book and sure to become a favorite go to guide on grilling. Caramelized Lamb Chops Serves 4 [...]
Posted on August 1, 2006 in Cookbooks,Recipes and tagged as grilling, lamb