Cooking and writing

From Margaret Studer — Blog by Margaret Studer

May 2, 2010

It seems that when I cook, I mean really, really, cook, there is not enough time to write. When I write, or at least when I write to the best of my ability, I do not have time enough to cook the way I want to. I am a food writer, so that creates a problem.

Ate at Kafe Neo yesterday. Vegetable omelet was not the way it was described on the menu. The vegetables were chopped so small that I could not tell what they originally were. I felt they must have had chopped vegetables in a bin waiting to be tossed into an omelet. Also, there were no olives as stated on the menu and no herbs or flavoring of any kind. I did, however, discover graveira cheese, which was good.

No recipes from the Tea Spot Chef this week, but I need to get busy and Fritter some of her other recipes.

Also, The Republic of Tea has tea seed stir fry oil. I am itching to try it, but it is $10.00 for the smaller bottle.

I bought 3 cookbooks at the dollar bookstore last week, one by Emril Lagasse and one by Graham Kerr. Emril’s is about Christmas cooking in New Orleans. I will never cook anything from the book. I just like reading it. The Graham Kerr is his Minimax book, the one in which he reduces the fat and calories in gourmet foods by altering the recipes.

I signed up for Jaime Oliver’s Food Revolution newsletter. Now if we just can make sure people can afford the ingredients, that would be great.

Vegetables

From Margaret Studer — Blog by Margaret Studer

April 25, 2010

Vegetables are beautiful and very healthy. I want to serve them a lot more, but in my teeny, tiny kitchen, vegetable preparation can be awkward.
I have about 8 inches of counter space on each side of my sink.

I also wonder why great vegetables such as asparagus are so expensive when the government is trying to get us to eat more vegetables.

I think my daughter is very lucky that I lost my job so I can cook for her and take care of her baby when she is born, but I do not know how I will do it all.

This site still confuses me

From Margaret Studer — Blog by Margaret Studer

February 5, 2010

I need to spend an afternoon here. There are so many recipes that look fabulous. I want to save them all even though I don’t think I’ll ever cook them.

I collect recipes the way some people collect art. I collect them just to have them and know that they’re there.

I love food, but I love it way too much. If I cooked and ate everything I ever wanted to cook, I’s be so fat I’d have to lie in bed all day, if I could make it to the bed.