Tag: food

The 2015 Weird Food Round-up: Two Savories, Two Sweets

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I never know where my annual 'October food' posts are going to take me. Sometimes, I find a lot of spooky party platters. Other times, it's a trendy ingredient or a bizarre new dish from a restaurant... this year, I found myself gravitating toward some particularly good entrants into the Weird Food Race in the … Continue reading The 2015 Weird Food Round-up: Two Savories, Two Sweets

The Fearsome Five: 2014’s Weird October Food Post

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Every year, I compile a list of Octobery foods, be they weird and wacky or healthful and harvested. Each item may not be brand new, but has somehow infiltrated the headlines, and made its way to my Google-searching fingers. I've shied away from the Halloween-ized foods that otherwise aren't so different from their year-round counterparts, … Continue reading The Fearsome Five: 2014’s Weird October Food Post

Some Pig: Sustainable butchery brings traditional flavors to the table

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I'm a big talk-radio fan, and I was just listening to the Chewing the Fat food show and its commentary on whole-animal butchery. It's still a 'gourmet' practice in the U.S., say the Chewing the Fat hosts. Some restaurants are doing it, but it hasn't caught on as a best practice yet. The segment reminded … Continue reading Some Pig: Sustainable butchery brings traditional flavors to the table

Gee, Your Food Looks Haunted: 2013 Edition

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In the spirit of both Blogtoberfest and Foodieism, I culled some of this year's stranger food-related headlines for another look at October-appropriate Eats. The $340,000 Lab-grown Burger Recently scientists made headlines by creating a hamburger in a lab that, while genetically identical to beef, isn't actually beef. It's more of a muscle-fiber approximation. I'll let … Continue reading Gee, Your Food Looks Haunted: 2013 Edition

Whet, Gobble, and Frolic: Dishcrawl Pioneer Valley in Easthampton

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Tonight's menu: Cucumber soup, beet salad, burgers and beer, rigatoni, panini, hand-cut fries, homemade ice cream, and cookies. This was my first experience with DishCrawl, a community-based restaurant touring program with satellites all over the country. The evening was sponsored by DishCrawl Pioneer Valley, the most local branch of the program to me, this past … Continue reading Whet, Gobble, and Frolic: Dishcrawl Pioneer Valley in Easthampton