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Mezza, new Middle Eastern place in #Buffalo Originally uploaded by w.wabbit. Nate and I went to Mezza. We’d seen their tasty menu on Saturday and it seemed as if supper was greatly delayed here at Ol’Wondermoth. We took a walk up Elmwood in the cool of the evening. We were seated promptly by a polite [...]

ELVETEEN Rabbi points us to Michael Pollan’s gospel of sustainable food. I found the following passage, contrasting food choices with health choices, very interesting: “You know that old saying of grandma’s, that you can pay the grocer or you can pay the doctor? We’ve chosen to pay the doctor.” We’re eating 500 more calories per [...]

HE WAY WE Do food in the USA is certainly going to kill us. In the capitalist drive for cheap market dominance (and our failure to resist it because of our addiction to cheap, fast and easy stuff) we’re setting America up for easy destruction. Do you see the problem with this sentence? One major [...]

F, LIKE Me, you enjoy good food and good wine and sundry other good things – and would like to put that enjoyment to good use – may I suggest the Menu For Hope programme over at Chez Pim. Full information is here: Menu for Hope and the World Food Program And the listing of [...]

HIS YEAR’S Yorkshire Pudding was produced using a recipe posted by Elise over at Simply Recipes. While Yorkshire Pudding is, really, just another way to get starch and fat into your system this holiday season, it is a very delicious way, indeed.

AISE YOUR hands if you remember or know how to bake bread: not fancy, organic, stuff either, but solid, I-want-a-sandwich kind of bread. Raise your hands if you remember or know how to make a chocolate cake for your family with next-to-nothing in the kitchen. Raise your hands if you remember or know how to [...]

PICKED This up out and about on the web. It seemed to interesting to pass up. How the Omnivore’s 100 Works: 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions. 2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten. 3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating. 4) Optional: Post a [...]

EXTBOOK has a two part discussion on the Red Stuff the Jacob used to swindle his brother. Part 1 and Part 2 are up, part of their Eating the Bible blog. I’m waiting for Part 3 with the actual recipes. Swindle… So: if we (Christians) are commanded to freely feed the hungry. If Jews are [...]

OW I Sit me down to eat Duke’s and Cheerwine for my meat. Eating all before my sight I thank God for every bite. If I should die before I rise Bury me ‘neath Dixie skies