My British Brekkie: Soldiers & Eggs
Breakfast is my absolute favorite meal of the day; I really could eat it any time of the day. Brunch at noon, brinner (breakfast for dinner), or sometimes at 3 AM–you name it. Like famed molecular gastronomy chef Wylie Dufresne, I seriously love eggs. It’s a borderline obsession; a breakfast without eggs is a sad one indeed. One of the greatest egg dishes of all time is arguably one of the simplest and it comes to us from our brekkie-loving friends across the pond. In Britain, soldiers and eggs refers to a runny, softly boiled egg and strips of toasted bread that are...
Read MoreA Soup for All Seasons
My love of soup is legendary. I’m a soup fanatic and I could eat it just about every day of the week. In fact, my love for the hot stuff is only rivaled by my love of ice cream. Wait. I just realized something. Maybe I just have a thing for food I can eat out of bowls. But that’s another story for another day. As usual, I recently bought way too many groceries and found myself with an abundance of asparagus, onions, and lemons which seems like a random bunch of ingredients until you consider that with the addition of butter, chicken stock, and heavy cream, you’ve got...
Read MoreKeen on Quinoa: Comfort Without Calories
If the calendar months were a reality TV show, they would be the Real Housewives. Surely, winter must be so jealous of summer—after all, summer garners most of the seasonal cooking praise. Every year, the sunshine-deprived anxiously await the first sign of warm weather to uncover idle grills and dust off forgotten tongs in preparation for the backyard barbecues to come, but counting autumn and winter as a time to slack off in your culinary pursuits is a mistake indeed. Anyone who has ever stood over a stockpot of simmering stew or tucked into a hearty root vegetable casserole on a brisk...
Read MoreHow I Wish Elections Were Decided
It’s that time of year–election time–and, though I am a self-proclaimed political junkie, I’m getting tired of all the TV ads (yes, yes we know you approve this message) and mud-slinging. Wouldn’t it be so much cooler if candidates faced off in a cooking competition à la Food Network’s Chopped rather than those boring policy-heavy debates? During the first disaster presidential debate, chef and Chopped judge Alex Guarnaschelli tweeted the following: Responses were swift and brutal. Waffles (that’s for you, Mitt). Flip-flops (Romney again). ...
Read MoreA Foodie Movie Mash-Up: What to Watch When You Nosh
I have been a cinephile for as long as I can remember; I was fascinated by the movies long before my feet could even reach the floor. Some children scream their heads off when the house lights are dimmed at a movie theater, but I distinctly remember the thrill of watching darkness envelop the theater as the reels rolled and characters appeared larger than life on the big screen. Nowadays, I see an average of about 5-6 theater movies a month. Hmm, so that’s where my grocery money is going… For just about as long as movie theaters have been in existence, Hollywood and food have...
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Iris McCarthy is a food writer and author of the popular book Food Lovers' Guide to Philadelphia. This website is where she gets to sound off on all things culinary.