Tag Archives: Home cooking

Turning water into wine, in a way

July 20, 2010 – 5:43 am

by Raya Jewell WHAT’S HAPPENING Spike Your Juice gives consumers a buzz to call their own. Getting started as a fermenting master requires a Spike Your Juice kit, 72 ounces of juice, and only 48 hours of time. Consumers add a magical powder to any juice (pomegranate or cranberry are recommended), then let it sit […]

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Scared cookless: Foodiephobia takes shape

July 6, 2010 – 3:04 pm

by Charlotte Beal WHAT’S HAPPENING In a recent blog post for TheAtlantic.com, Lesley Freeman Riva wrote about a phenomenon she calls Foodiephobia: When Friends Fear Feeding You (5.26.10). Freeman Riva describes how she happily entertains (and cooks for) friends at her house, but then she began to notice that people rarely reciprocate. Finally, some of […]

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FOOLS FOR FOOD

February 16, 2010 – 5:01 pm

by Charlotte Beal Valentine’s Day fell on a Sunday this year, but also on a three-day weekend for some lucky workers, and we bet that meant more people just focused on food and relaxation, staying home to cook a romantic dinner or going out to a low-key restaurant. Or they went to White Castle, which […]

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WhatIsFresh turns New York farmers’ markets into searchable databases

February 12, 2010 – 6:53 am

by Charlotte Beal WHAT’S HAPPENING When a cook has a need for a specific ingredient, how does she know if trudging to the farmers’ market will be a waste of time? Enter WhatIsFresh.com, an online guide to the greenmarkets in the boroughs of NYC. Consumers can use the site to search by market location, day […]

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Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah: Her bossy husband

January 22, 2010 – 12:28 pm

by Tory Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING More husbands are eagerly navigating the dinnertime waters, as their spouses waver between gratitude and irritation in this latest evolution in gender roles. Though many wives are relieved another household task is knocked off the list, they’re unsettled when their culinary skills are criticized (DoubleX.com 12.15.09). Writers Sandra Tsing Loh […]

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