Cooking With Ideas

Dining Across Winston Salem

So, i moved here almost a year ago (temporarily - yes, home is still upstate NY!) and have been barely blogging. Hence, there have been no entries yet on any place I have eaten in Winston Salem. Yes, I am in NC. And yes, I have been eating out, despite being in the land of Publix, a terrific farmer's market (near Old Salem) and even Trader Joe's.

Watch here for a whole range of restaurants reviewed relatively quickly - including:

Mozelle's 

Crafted: The Art of the Taco

Cin Cin Burger Bar 

and many many other places. I am, indeed, eating out and you deserve to know my views on food here in Winston Salem. 

And, of course, there is beer. Yes, there is indeed. Wait 'til you hear about that.  

 

Coming Eventually

I find I am cooking more & reading loads - some relevant to this blog and some not. Yes, a mystery binge or two (with commentary coming up) and lots of late 2018 cooking. In the latter regard, watch for various uses of chickpea flour and of gluten free puff pastry, for example. And yet, I am not being terribly intentional about much of anything right now. As a result, there are areas of the blog being neglected - and that must end!

I herewith promise at least one entry for the various neglected themes - queer food? F words? Eating God. I will sneak them in this month (January) between the entries already written. 

No. This is not a New Years resolution. It just is. 

Thanks for reading. And for spreading the word about the blog. 

Coming Soon to This Very Blog

(with thanks to simonsideprimary.org)

*A few upstate NY dining delights

*A few made in Bibliochef's kitchen delights

*One or more cookbook reviews

*Possibly a surprise interview 

Keep reading -- and keep spreading the word for me, please!?!?!?! 

 

Coming Soon

Hi folks! Welcome back.  Here are some things coming soon:

Multiple reviews of restaurants in Ottawa (that would be the capital of Canada for the less cosmopolitan of you) 

What I did with apricots this year 

A day spent with Hatch Peppers

Cooking with Google? A Few Recipes I have Discovered and Loved

And, of course, more! Please keep reading -- and I would be grateful if you would spread the word! 

 

 

Coming Soon

I admit it. I am tempted to find some sort of snazzy picture to attract your attention. And yet. . . I know you better than that. Please keep an eye out for: 

 

*Some reflections (very brief) on Ellen Hart

*A tiny bit more on Cape Cod Dining

*Mark Kurlansky on Milk

*Kirsten Weiss -- a master writer

And, perhaps, if I can finally sort some really annoying computer issues, more. . . 

Coming soon. 

 

Coming Soon

Thanks to downtownsantacruz.com for the image. 

Coming soon is both a way of telling you what might be coming along on this blog for you to read. And, it is a way to remind me to keep doing what I love, which is in part this blog. Life is, we all know, short -- and its main point is, I think, living in ways one believes worthy and that includes in ways one finds joyful. So, this coming soon balances loss and life because it is about serious matters as well as fun. 

What's coming soon? 

****A memorial reflection on Dano Hutnik of Dano's on Seneca - a major loss for our community. Danos likely never knew how important he was to my partner and to me. For that I am truly sorry. And, I will have more to say. 

And, less seriously, but also coming soon:

Ruminations on Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien -- yes, a murder mystery! It seems to be the first of a series "The Noodle Shop Series #1" . . . If you cannot wait for my review, try this one at the website Criminal Element. 

Reflections on some NYC Dining -- including Bouley at Home. 

Coming Soon and Related Matters

(with thanks to code canyon.net for the image!)

Yes, this is a quick entry to let you know what to expect in the coming few weeks or so. 

1. Chocolate Beer.  Weird. Real. Yes. This appeared some time ago! 
2. Stan's in Waterloo is a terrific place (SPOILER MUCH?) and you should try it. See immediately below. (See, I was trying to fool you into thinking the review was upcoming but it was really a test of whether you are reading!) 
3. Reflections on Christmas from the point of view of food. (Yes, this is limited as I do not celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or. . . . I have a lingering sentimental nostalgia for childhood Christmases and am reading a book about Christmas).
4. Gossip about Portico (at del Lago Casino)
5. A film review of East Side Sushi
6. A review of Alice Waters' memoir
7. Reflection on a book about Paula Wolfert

Possibly coming eventually are a variety of previously announced interviews which I continue to dream of receiving -- and of you reading -- including from Kelby Russell, Samantha Buyskes and Katie MacIntyre. 

And, now a few additional news items: 

    1. I have changed my profile picture which means I am no longer exactly anonymous. I shall continue to go by the moniker Bibliochef here at Cooking with Ideas but . . . . it has been an open secret for a long time!

    2. I have "monetized" (when did that become a verb?) this blog as I have an Amazon Associates account now. This means I get a tiny bit of money any time you click on a book or other item shown on the blog and purchase from Amazon. I know, I know -- this is the slippery slope toward advertising. But hey.  .  . . 

Keep reading. And cooking. And eating. And . . . . 

Coming Soon to This Very Blog

*Interview with Dana Bickford Cree, author of Hello My Name is Ice Cream and James Beard nominated pastry chef (not to mention a wonderful person!) 

*Ruminations on cooking with Bostrom Farm products (including bolognese which turned out to be spectacular!)

*A return to foodie murder mysteries with a few new ones by Laura Childs and others (a kindle binge)

*A few restaurant reviews from the Finger Lakes region (have you heard of Stan's yet? And yes, I have now eaten several times at HJ Stead) 

*Potential interviews with a local vanilla extract producer, a winemaker and a nationally recognized local chef. . . 

So: coming soon . . . more! And, dare I hope for more comments? More traffic to this little blog? 

 

 

 

Re-Emphasizing the Biblio in Bibliochef! Coming Soon!

Coming Soon to this very blog, a few reflections on newish foodie books. Yes, I made a trip (For unrelated reasons) to Buffalo, and thus to a bookstore I have not been to for years: Talking Leaves. It is a great bookstore -- and so, yes, despite trying to downsize, we came away with books. Several feature food-related topics. So, my food-related reading habit is back and not just for the recipes I am seeking for sauerkraut and related fermented veggies! 

Here are two you can expect too hear about one of these days! 

Coming to My Senses: The Making of a CounterCulture Cook by Alice Waters. Though I had her sign a book for me when she was in Seneca Falls, it was not this one -- it was an older cookbook I owned already. So, this was a treat and I hope it is as dandy as I anticipate. 

Laura Shapiro's What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food that Tells Their Stories - is just what it says. I am looking forward to it because I think it will be in bite size chunks and thus readable by someone like me who is more than a tad distractible these days. I have read some of her other work and reviewed it here, so. . . yes, it seems just right! 

 

and probably more! 

Interviews Coming -- Who Knows When!

 

(with thanks to comingsoon.net for the image) 

No, I am not announcing the next full solar eclipse (hint: 2024. hint #2: Geneva, NY will be a site for totality that year!)

Yes, I am noting a few things that are coming up on this blog. I hope you will spread the word. I am not quite sure when they will occur, but they are all in the works. 

What I am highlighting here are upcoming INTERVIEWS!!!!

Kelby Russell is a winemaker whose work in the Finger Lakes is well known, in part because of his eponymous rose! He is winemaker at Red Newt. He will be answering questions posed by bibliochef! 

The folks at Spotted Duck have agreed to an interview and I am in the process of writing up their questions and getting them out. You may have read about Spotted Duck here on the blog! Do know that visiting them is a seasonal thing -- and you better get there soon! 

Michael Warren Thomas of Saturday radio fame in Rochester and devoted, long time foodie with an eye on the Finger Lakes, is someone I encountered one day on the radio (yes, I repeated that) while sitting in a parking lot in Rochester). His show that day was focused on some of the wonders of Geneva, NY so I wrote off to him and . . . eventually . . . there will be an interview here. Here's where to find him on line. 

Are you a foodie who wants to be interviewed? Please say so in the comments! I have interviewed food scientists and faculty who teach food related courses, mystery authors who focus on food and winemakers. And I hope to continue to do so. 

Keep an eye out here. And please, help me by circulating the blog on your twitter feed, your FB page, or otherwise.