Mexican Wedding Cookies (or biscochos, polvorones, sandies, sand tarts, Russian/Czech tea cakes) evidently have their roots in medieval Arab cuisine, and are connected to the timeless tradition of saving the richest, sweetest goodies for special occasions. The treat traveled with the Moors to Spain, and they were adapted throughout Europe. They were known in America [...]
All posts for the month October, 2010
Mexican Wedding Cookies
Posted by boxingoctopus on October 26, 2010
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/mexican-wedding-cookies/
For love of Edward Cullen
Friday in my class we talked about the meanings of vampires in the cultural imagination. Here is a powerpoint slideshow I put together based on a poll taken from my class and my Facebook friends. There’s not a lot of commentary here, but it’s a very compelling document indeed! Can you tell which comments were [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on October 25, 2010
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/for-love-of-edward-cullen/
Cold fusion
Have you ever made a dish on the fly that you’ll probably never be able to replicate again? I think I did that tonight. I had bought some multicolored veggie pasta shells on a whim and had a hankering for some homemade mac and cheese. I didn’t really check the cheese supply in the drawer [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on October 18, 2010
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/cold-fusion/
BlogHer Food ’10, Day Two
So, Saturday dawned fresh and new and I woke up before 5:30. Even though my body was in the Pacific time zone, my body’s clock was still in CST. Fortunately, I was able to fall back asleep until my alarm went off at 7. Scooted over to the InterContinental for breakfast, where I met the [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on October 13, 2010
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/blogher-food-10-day-two/
BlogHer Food ’10, Day One
So, this weekend I went to the BlogHer Food conference in San Francisco, partly for my research on women’s food blogging communities, and partly because I have dreams of being a superstar food blogger who makes ONE MILLION DOLLARS from what springs from my brain and my kitchen. (Not really, but isn’t it a hoot [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on October 12, 2010
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/blogher-food-10-day-one/
Gratitude
Last Sunday, my family and close friends gathered at Max’s Wine Dive to celebrate my 38th birthday. I had gone there with Layne and Crystal a few weeks back for drinks and for an informal book-group-type thing and really liked it (the cheese toast is full of YUM and of course, when I tried to [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on October 9, 2010
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/gratitude/
