Pizza. Pizza is good food. Kids like pizza, adults like pizza, drunk softball players like pizza, and you can now even order a pizza using your Tivo.  I like pizza too. I also like to cook, but most of my cooking is relegated to making curries, preparing soups to bring to work, ...

Considering it's been a good ten years now, I remember the day I moved into my first apartment exceptionally well. I was 19 years old, starting my second year at UC Santa Barbara, and my dad had driven me and my possessions down to the ...

Today I want to talk about cooking with wiine.  Which under no circumstances should be confused with cooking while drinking wine or whining while cooking.  Though in truth those three things are usually closely related. A little over a week ago I posted a recipe for ...

I’m not entirely sure how to start this post. I’ve written and deleted the first line that many times that I can’t remember the original point I was trying to make. I think that I wanted to talk about the non-linear process of cooking and how our experience of reading ...

These ingredients, being perishable, require more contemplation than the others, which you'll almost certainly have a chance to use before they go bad. If you don't use eggs often, you can buy them by the half dozen. With milk, you ...

A total dad restaurant (as evidenced by my being brought there by my dad) on the waterfront across from Coast Guard (née Government) Island on the Embarcadero in Oakland.  The only place I've ever dined that combines peanut shells on the floor with a double digit rosé wine ...

Salt has had a bad press recently with more and more dieticians and nutritionists advising us to cut our salt intake and use alternative seasonings, which is fine. If you don’t like food. I can’t say it any simpler – food without salt is almost universally bland. ...

I busted out the Crock-Pot this morning, which in my world means that fall is finally, really here. I love my Crock-Pot, but really only use it for a few basic dishes: beef stew, chicken and dumplings, sometimes pot roast. Hearty cool weather food of the single-pot meal variety. ...

OK folks, repeat after me: Keep It Simple, Stupid! Years ago, when my wife and I were first getting into interesting and involved cooking, we attempted a Sorrel Soup recipe.  Why Sorrel Soup? I have no idea really; I guess it seemed ...

By Mike Hawkins www.foodfunk.ca    Last week a sommelier friend of mine gave me five bottles of Shiraz wine with the instructions that because each of them had already been opened and sampled, I was to consume them within three or four days.    Otay.  ...

I have been especially stingy here in my basic Spices, Herbs & Flavorings list. I found that if I tried to squeeze my stalwart standby thyme onto the list, it wanted to drag a bunch of friends along. I can't have that. Also, you may ...

Last, and often most important, are the prepared ingredients that I keep in my pantry--in my home, under the stairs. All of these products stay good for a long time if you keep them sealed, free of contaminants, and in a dark, cool place. ...

As discussed in this introductory post, here's the list of items without which my kitchen would not function. Of course, this is not nearly everything a kitchen needs, but many recipes will only require that you go out and buy a few ...

This chicken is so good it inspired a one word conversation.  Dude. Dude?  Duuude.  It went a little something like this.   Joy:  (with mouth full of chicken) Dude.  Read:  I'm thinking this chicken is pretty tasty. Mark:  Dude.  Read:  Hmmm.  Yes, I'm on my way to agreeing ...

Over in the forums there is a discussion going on about a meme that has been making its way around the food blogosphere for a few weeks.  I do not know who came up with this list, but it's a list of 100 things you should eat before you ...

Here's another cross-post. Today I had planned on writing about another momentous political event from ten years ago. But as I was traveling the highways and byways of town today, I came upon an evil so pernicious, so hellish, ...

In my mind, certain foods require a certain set up for proper enjoyment.   Some of these set up are fairly straight forward, others might just give you a hint of just how quirky I am. What's the best way to enjoy a big, fat, medium rare ...

After whetting my charcuterie whistle with a rip-roaring rillettes success, I thought the creation of something a little more adventurous might be in order. Being without certain items such as a meat grinder, nitrates and sausage casings, salamis and their ilk were out. ...