As food and fuel prices go up and concern about the economy reaches a pinnacle, I'm curious to hear how my readers here at Like to Cook are coping. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Dan Moore Have...
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One of the big concerns these days is about the rising cost of food (and fuel of course). I hear it on the news and I hear it when I talk to my friends and family in America. I can......
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Food is a pleasure to our senses: its texture, its aroma, its visual appeal and most importantly, its flavor. True flavor is what I seek when I buy food. So, imagine my dismay at discovering something...
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If you're a regular reader of Like to Cook or my blog, Chez Loulou, you will know by now that I love a good outdoor market. We have our little Tuesday morning market just down the road in Olonzac...
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About a month ago I wrote about a beautiful new book coming out entitled My Last Supper: 50 Chefs and Their Final Meals, and asked the question of my readers: If you were to die tomorrow, what would...
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Like Bogie and Bacall, Anthony and Cleopatra and Batman and Robin, there are certain things that just belong together. An intense longing for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich the other day got me...
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You know I love cheese. When I research French cheeses every week for my little cheese festival, la Fête du Fromage, over at Chez Loulou, I often come across the term raw milk cheese. Raw milk...
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The temperature plummeted last week. We closed the windows up tight against the cool wind and I actually needed a sweater while working on the computer. We started talking about buying a wood stove...
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Are you a great cook and a great blogger? Can you commit to posting 10 times a week on this blog, writing about your love for food and talent for cooking? Creative Weblogging is looking for an...
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Filed in archive Food for Thought
by Stef on January 04, 2007
Now that we are all very conscious about the food that we eat, fellow moms and foodies have asked me how I started incorporating whole grains into our diet. I've tried it several ways, but I find...
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As the title of this blog goes - Do you like to cook? - If so, then do you also blog about cooking? Then you may be interested in blogging here for Creative Weblogging. We are looking for an...
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What do you have on your toast, butter or margarine? Well, butter of course! But I am no margarine hater either. There's a small tub of it in my pantry. I use it now and then for summer picnic......
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I found these two posts via megnut.com. Is eating at home cheaper? and Is Eating Out Cheaper Than Eating In? both try to find the more cost effective solution. In my personal experience, whether...
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I don't want to enter the realm of politics on this blog but with this news report on the prisoners in Guantanamo, I can't help but air a few comments. The situation: Detainees in Guantanamo...
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As a food blogger, I constantly encounter posts on other bloggers' love or hate or love/hate for the food network and its stars. Since I do not watch the Food Network, or enough TV for that...
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The panel discussion was held in 2003 but the proceedings have been recently made accessible to the public through Google Video. FYI but more as a 'bookmark' for my future reference: The...
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Multi-cultural eating is now very common the world over. Just check out grocery shelves and the local restaurant scene. In fact, in many large cities, it is not uncommon to find restaurants...
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A craving for grapes and raisins can put a man behind bars: The 63-year-old grandfather had just begun his second consecutive period of probation for theft when he was caught stealing two bags of...
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... about food that is! Yesterday, I tackled a whole load of work and in the early evening realised I only ate a small sandwich the whole day! After finishing a deskful of papers and what-have-you, I...
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Need to cool off? Drink, drink and drink! But wait, don't just take any liquid that passes itself as beverage. With all the talk about healthy eating, too much sugar in food, the ban on softdrinks...
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I looovvve seafood! I can live without meat as long as there's seafood. At any given time, I have frozen fish, ready to cook. I also stock up on shrimps, either the larger prawns which I can...
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Oh, I never put much thought to this. I also didn't realise that McDonald's in France was the second most profitable in the world, next to the US. That of course is thanks to its top executive...
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The enmity between Greeks and Turks is legendary and it has been going on for centuries. I didn't realise the extent of this until I had classmates who were Turkish and a greek Cypriot. Since...
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