Friday, November 18, 2011
Drink like a vampire
 If you're both A) a big Twilight fan, and B) of legal drinking age, you might want to celebrate today's big movie release with People magazine's suggestions for Twilight-themed cocktails, including "The Edward" and "New Moon". Labels: Food, Stephenie Meyer
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Why so many geek-culture shoutouts, Williams-Sonoma?
 These Spiderman Comic Book Cookie Cutters are the kind of thing I stare at longingly for five full minutes in the store, trying to convince myself that of course I'd actually use them. But sanity eventually wins out, and I hang on to my $19.95 to waste another day. Labels: Comics, Food
Monday, August 15, 2011
Comic book cakelets
If you're a Marvel Comics fan with a steady hand and an affinity for baking, it might be worth spending $36 for this Marvel Cakelet Pan from Williams Sonoma. My cake-decorating skills, sadly, are limited to pouring melted chocolate over everything and hoping for the best, but I know there are other comic book readers out there with more creativity. Labels: Comic news, Food
Friday, June 17, 2011
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Who could eat one of the Wee Free Men?
Cake Wrecks celebrated last month's National Library Week with a collection of absolutely gorgeous book-inspired cakes, including Where the Wild Things Are, Alice in Wonderland, and Beatrix Potter-themed cakes. But while it wasn't the prettiest option, my favorite was this collection of cakes honoring Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books:  Sadly, I would be totally unable to actually eat those suckers, but they're really impressive to look at... Labels: Food, Terry Pratchett
Monday, April 25, 2011
Eating Peter Rabbit
And the award for grossest-looking book tie-in I've seen for some time goes to these Peter Rabbit Gummy Candies, reviewed by the always-fascinating Candy Blog:  They look repulsive, and that was before I read the reviewer's take on the way they smell (like "styrofoam packaging, cinnamon breakfast syrup and flip flops") and mentioned that they left a "burning sensation" in the mouth. Charming! Labels: Beatrix Potter, Food, Such wrongness
Monday, October 11, 2010
Want to smell tomato-soup-roast-beef-and-blueberry-pie fresh?
 Of all the candy mentioned in Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Violet Beauregarde's full-course-dinner gum has always struck me as the least appealing, but apparently scientists have been hard at work making it a reality. According to the Telegraph, researchers have produced microscopic capsules that will allow timed releases of various flavors. The (non-nutritive) gum capsules could then be... "...filled with flavouring for tomato soup that would break open on contact with saliva, while tougher capsules would contain the flavour for roast beef that would break open as the gum is chewed. A final flavour for blueberry pie could be packaged in capsules that require vigorous chewing to burst." I actually feel a little queasy just typing that, but I'm assuming they wouldn't have put all that energy into developing this product if there wasn't a demand for it. Labels: Food, Roald Dahl, Science
Monday, July 26, 2010
Release the merchandising tie-ins!
 Sadly, I grew so bored by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics that I didn't bother to read the last six or so issues. I have 'em... and I might get to 'em eventually... but it'll need to be a slow, slow day on the reading front, you know? However, I realize that there are people out there who love the series, and those people should take note of the fact that Jones has released a limited-edition line of soda featuring artwork from the comic. I don't think they've done anything too exciting with the actual flavors (bubblegum, grape, green apple, etc.), but if you've got $12.99 burning a hole in your pocket and you want to blow it on six bottles of soda, congratulations: now's your chance. Labels: Food, Joss Whedon, Such wrongness
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Odd pairing
 I'm not sure why a Portland independent bookstore is celebrating Dairy Month, but celebrating it they are... so if you're in the market for a book about milk, cheese, cows, or goats be sure to check out Powell's Featured Titles List for June, highlighting dairy-friendly books ranging from Buttercup the Clumsy Cow to Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge. Labels: Food, Powell's Books
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
A little something extra
 Okay, this isn't really a book post, but I have a head cold, and when I don't feel well reading about food soothes me (even when I totally can't taste anything). But even if I wasn't sick, this coffin-wood-pizza-oven story is too disgusting not to share. Labels: Food
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Michael Pollan's costly advice
 Okay, I like Michael Pollan, and I've heard good things about Food Rules, his "pocket compendium of food wisdom". But, dude: it costs eleven dollars. For a collection of sixty-four paragraphs. For that kind of word-to-money ratio I frankly think Pollan should move into my house and take over the (thankless) task of slapping my hands away whenever I reach for a cookie instead of an organic kumquat. Labels: Food, Michael Pollan, Nonfiction
Monday, August 06, 2007
In Memoriam
 My godmother Karen died of ovarian cancer in 2003. Karen was an all-around fantastically awesome person who loved to cook and entertain, and her daughter Alison has made a cookbook from her collection of recipes. The cookbook, called Remember the Popovers: Recipes from Karen's Kitchen, is available for sale or download here, and all proceeds from the sales will be donated to cancer research and awareness. I am so proud of Alison for this wonderful idea, and I encourage anybody who's interested to steal it. Making a book like this is a great way to honor someone's memory while raising money for a good cause. Labels: Charity, Food
Monday, April 30, 2007
If only it was a recipe for something else.
 The mega-cool Virtual History Exhibit at the Horn Book site is currently featuring Laura Ingalls Wilder's recipe for gingerbread (recorded in a 1953 letter to a woman named Jennie Lindquist). Sadly, I would be more excited about this brush with history if gingerbread (even the best gingerbread) wasn't so nasty. Labels: Events, Food
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Food geeks take note:
 If you're going to be anywhere near the Beaverton location of Powell's Books (the world's best bookstores) on November 29th, you can pick up a signed edition of The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook (from the people at Cook's Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen, the world's best cooking magazine/show). If you're not familiar with ATK or Cook's, then I suggest you drop everything and immediately try their recipe for brownies, available here. Labels: Food
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Books2Eat
April 1st is (among other things) International Edible Book Festival Day. Celebrate this lovely event by creating some form of edible art inspired by books, then submit a photograph of your creation to Books2Eat, the official Edible Book Day website.    Yummy! Labels: Food
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If you're both A) a big Twilight fan, and B) of legal drinking age, you might want to celebrate today's big movie release with People magazine's suggestions for Twilight-themed cocktails, including "The Edward" and "New Moon".
