This piece was written in 2005. Since then, Michael and Nick Zukin have written an excellent book, The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home. For Jewish deli devotees and DIY food fanatics alike, the book is a collection of over 100 recipes for creating timeless deli classics, modern twists on old ideas and innovations to shock your Old Country elder. I recommend it highly. FDBack … [Read more...] about Bagel Daze – Portland’s Bagel History and Recipe!
Food Writing Archive
This category could be about anything having to do with food: Food Haiku, Limericks, Contests, Essays, Trips down memory line, musings about life... whatever strikes my fancy, and doesn't fit into the other categories
My Oven, J’Accuse!
Cookies, like kids, do better with boundaries There are certain things in life we just need to admit. For instance, if you were the tallest man in the world, you’d have to cop to it. If you wrote like Joan Didion—whose beam on the unalloyed truth moves her to write even when she is mad with grief you’d have to acknowledge that the process you call “discovering what's on my … [Read more...] about My Oven, J’Accuse!
Food as fuel or foolish for food? Eat to live or live to eat?
By Marshall ManningFood as fuel or foolish for food. Eat to live or live to eat. Bottle in front of me or frontal lobotomy. Well, maybe not the last one. There are doubtless more ways to describe the two major food groups (of people) and the gulf which separates their basic attitudes toward the commodities we chew, sip and swallow.More difficult to understand is why one … [Read more...] about Food as fuel or foolish for food? Eat to live or live to eat?
Why You Don’t Want the Pie
If you have ever been to Nancy Rommelmann's house, you will have had many baked goods pressed into your hands, some of which are the best darn chocolate chip cookies, pies, truffles I've had. Her kitchen is like a bakery where the proprietress has plenty of time to chat and offer sage advice with a warm slice of pie. FDWhy You Don’t Want the PieI recently walked into a … [Read more...] about Why You Don’t Want the Pie
I’ll Gladly Pay You Tomorrow for a Hamburger Today
When I look back on some of the earliest times of my life, I realize that I was born to be a food geek. It is no wonder I spend most of my time these days eating and writing about food.At twelve I was a bit of a skateboard nut, quite stupid, and usually hungry. I am sure I would be 300 pounds today if it weren’t for the lengths that I would go to just for a good hamburger. … [Read more...] about I’ll Gladly Pay You Tomorrow for a Hamburger Today