200 bratwurst and buns ( Read more... )

My kombucha SCOBY (mother, starter, creature, thingie) is having a holiday right now and already split itself into three, but it needs to have those pieces split into separate containers. I'll keep one, but is anyone near me interested in starting one? I could split the two extra pieces out and make the starter batch available for you at a fight ( Read more... )

I know this is a long shot but does anyone on my friend's list near me know of a local or near-ish source for sheep or goat's meat?

I have a good friend, from a former company I worked for, that I have once or twice referred to as "The Pigeon Man" here on the blog. He raises pigeons like my grandpa used to and we always had some of the best discussions about his birds. Well, Pigeon Man reads my blog and sees my food postings all the time and he recently sent me an email asking ( Read more... )

One of the big things Mr Man and I have worked on over the last year is our food consumption. Not only have we attempted to reduce it, but we've worked hard to avoid waste. Honestly it's become a near obsession for us, to the point that when we notice someone throwing out something or possibly getting rid of it, we offer to take it (note to self, I ( Read more... )

Okay, I went and ran errands yesterday and as part of them, I stopped at several stores to see what was on sale and what could be gotten for reasonable prices with respect to BCB and the appetizers we're going to serve ( Read more... )

One of the things we're doing for Big City Ball 2008 is supply a nice selection of appetizers for people attending. I may have mentioned that this year's theme is "The Golden Age of Hollywood." Several of us are making 2-3 appetizers for people attending and I've been in the basement for the last couple of hours surrounded by every cookbook that ( Read more... )

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