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The cookbook with the most stains in my collection is also the first one I ever bought: a copy of the 45th printing of the 1975 Joy of Cooking. It helped me survive my teen years, and then it helped me graduate from college with a bit more meat on my bones. I never did upgrade, and that white bible of the American kitchen (complete with its two ...

You must be wondering why I’m writing about popsicles in the middle of October. Four words: cold and flu season. Popsicles are good to give kids when they have a fever, sore throat or get their tonsils out. Wouldn’t it...

Life has its ups and downs, and so does my weight it seems. I’m back on the heavy side again, even though I’ve been working out regularly when I haven’t been traveling. I’ve decided I’m in a diet and exercise...

Recently I did a review of Jonny Bowden’s book Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What Meals to Eat and Why and his theory that “polymeals” cut the risk of heart disease and boost your overall health....

Why not create a healthy polymeal feast this Thanksgiving? Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S, is a nationally known expert on weight loss, nutrition, and health. His new book Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What Meals to Eat...

Filed under: Beef, Recipes, Shellfish, Retro cookery From Good Dishes from Tinned Food (1939), Ambrose Heath Note - admittedly not molded food this time, but too good to keep to myself. I'm interrupting the semi-regularly scheduled Midnight Sausage series to share molded food images and recipes from my personal collection of early-to-mid 20th ...

A few weeks ago, I was watching To Be or Not To Be at a friend’s house where, after the film, I wandered into the kitchen to help myself to a glass of water. As I was drinking, I spied an oddly-titled book on the kitchen table– Muscle Chow. I picked it up and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ''Muscle Chow: Lessons in Gay Food Porn'', ...

Ah, the pig. That regal creature that Homer Simpson once referred to as a “wonderful, magical animal.” Indeed, I believe the pig may be magical: After all, a little bit of pig seems to make everything a lot more delicious. (And, never having had unicorn, I can only assume the pig is far tastier.) My husband has [...]

Well, God Bless America, it’s Kate Smith! I’ve recently been given a book of her favorite recipes called, of all things, Kate Smith’s Favorite Recipes. If you know anything at all about me, or even care to, you know that I am fascinated with celebrities. Not the new ones so much–I prefer the dead ones. I ...

Filed under: Books, Cookbook of the DayLast spring, I took a trip out to my parents' house in Oregon with the primary intention of going through all my stuff from childhood and choosing what I wanted to keep for the future. I was something of a book collector in my youth (who am I kidding, I am still something of a book collector) and tucked away ...