More great recipe posts and posts about food. Enjoy!

A few good chefs... - Coccinella - Open Salon

Coconut Flour Waffles and Vegas Eggs! - Kathy Gori - Open Salon (When I read such great posts at this, I really wonder who the OS editors are. Should have made EP and cover.… Read full post »

I found these on the NY Times front page today. It's pretty amazing and, of course, tragic. Our planet itself was knocked four degree off its axis from the event.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html  Read full post »

Last week OS'er "cheapcountrywoman" posted a recipe for squirrel stew. For almost 20 years I have, for some reason, made it a point to feed the furry critters in the cold months of winter. No one can better predict bad winter than squirrels. They have never been wrong. I have no… Read full post »

From making your own granola to making your own Mozzarella to squirrel stew  and Paula Deen "riding" things (don't miss that one), another great week for foodies on OS. 

Kitchen Renovation – Before and After - Rachel Hershfield - Open Salon 

How to Fry an Egg - CookingClar… Read full post »

Savory muffins great for breakfast or with a bowl of chili!

I've been playing around these muffins for a couple of years now. Sometimes I add less flour. Sometimes more. Less cheese. More cheese. And then around my fourth or fifth muffin I stop myself and… Read full post »

Yes, I got the job. Almost one dollar more per hour than my last grocery-store job where I did  ten times the work and always without a "Thank-You."

I'm just a front-end gopher: bagger, get carts, etc., but they want to train me to do cashier, too. If job in deli… Read full post »

It was May. The month of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Catholic classrooms throughout the world, it is the appointed time when the statue of Mary receives a place of reverence and prominence on a table adorned with finely-embroidered, starched, ironed, linen. Every morning,… Read full post »

Making a meatloaf is an endeavor into which one should not enter lightly. It is much like making a cake and requires much measuring and chopping and adding and… Read full post »

The day the sun came out, I pulled back the blinds like a prisoner the barred door from his cell. Placed my favorite chair next to the window. And basked in its giving. Closed my eyes and felt its warm and free embrace.

Clouds disappeared. And the… Read full post »

 The Luncheonette - marcelle soviero - Open Salon This was a GREAT read!

Raw Oats in Milk with Fruit and Honey - Nicki Woo - Open Salon

 Should Kids Drink Coffee? - Gigabiting - Open Salon

 Mushroom Curry - Edward Axell - Open Salon

 Taste - Paul Hinrichs - Open Salon

 G… Read full post »

Since leaving my job in April as a deli clerk at the Harris-Teeter chain of grocery stores, I've finally landed an interview at another grocery-store chain that I like a lot. It's for a "front end" position which means everything/anything from bagging to manning the cash register. Fine with me. When… Read full post »

I was truly amazed this week at stellar posts covering the Wisconsin debacle. It reminds me why I have such respect for the people of OS and why I keep returning.

Below are several posts worth reading in case  you missed them. (I think they are much more important than… Read full post »

Not your ordinary, everyday snacking cake, this

chocolate beauty is rich with butter and sour cream.

Wow! What a week for foodie blogs on OS! I will now be posting the Recipe Round-Up on Monday. Please take a look at some of these posts and comment and rate. Thanks! 

The WikiGullet Project: the new ‘Wikipedia’ of food - Gigabiting - Open Salon (Please check out this post… Read full post »

I spotted them from a distance. They, to the left of me. To my right, Lake Michigan itself. An elderly, gray-haired man standing at the end of a long, stone driveway. A bit stooped. Leaning on his cane. And a young woman, a girl, really, pulling out of/… Read full post »

Leftover, refrigerated baked spaghetti slices up beautifully

and tastes even better the next day-- and it's not bad

with a dollop of sour cream, either!

_{Choose apples that are firm and just a bit tart.}

_{Why can't they make Granny Smith apples in red?}

 

1.  The Great Debate: Toilet paper over the roll or under - William Belle - Open Salon (okay, this has nothing to do with the consumption of food but
… Read full post »

_{A plastic bag replaces the familiar casing that a sausage}

_{is packed into. It is then poached in water.}

Wow, what a week for foodies on OS!!! There are recipes from making one's own dog biscuits to one's own chocolate "lace" squiggles. Enjoy and Happy Cooking!!! Lots of great reading here.

 Gluten Free Vegan French Toast - Anarchist Feminist Cyclist - Open Salon

 It Doesn't Get Better… Read full post »