Thanks for all the great feedback on the new Foodzie Tasting Club. We love hearing stories about breaking open the Cooking Box and getting to play Iron Chef at home or that the new option to choose made the Tasting Box a fit for even the picky eaters! We [...] Continue Reading…
A Taste of Kwanzaa
Today we’re featuring a guest post by our friend Luna Raven of Luna’s Kitchen Magic, contributor at one of our favorite site discoveries of the year, Kwanzaa Culinarians. We asked her to talk a bit about the traditions — and food — of Kwanzaa.
Created in 1966 by Ron Karenga, [...] Continue Reading…
Posted December 29, 2011 by Sean
New Year Food: Greens
New Years Day is a natural inflection point, a time to reflect on a year past and on the road ahead. It’s no surprise then that food traditions crop up accordingly. One of our favorite of them is the practice of eating greens on the first day of the [...] Continue Reading…
Posted December 27, 2011 by Sean
Feast of the Seven Fishes for Christmas Eve
My mother’s side of the family is entirely Italian-American, a mini-melting pot of three regions from southern Italy: Abruzzo, Campania and Calabria. Consequently, our food traditions also reflect a melding of those regions. And one of those traditions that is held most dear is the Feast of the Seven [...] Continue Reading…
Posted December 22, 2011 by Sean
Matzo Crack
Christmas doesn’t have a corner on the cookie and sweets market. Hannukah is as festive a time, and we’ll just as happily tuck into some rugelach, hamentaschen or any number of other Jewish cookies as the usual sugar cookies and rum balls. But then a recent conversation on our [...] Continue Reading…
Posted December 20, 2011 by Sean
Mom’s Pear Skillet Cake from Bi-Rite Market
In 1993, DPaul and I moved into an apartment on Dolores Park, on the edge of San Francisco’s Mission District. At the time, the area was pretty edgy. There was gang activity nearby and drug dealers in the park. The windows on either side of the front door of [...] Continue Reading…
Posted December 19, 2011 by Sean
Cookie Party in the Foodzie Kitchen
It’s Foodzie’s third birthday today, so we had to celebrate (we even got you a gift). Of course, it’s also the holidays, so instead of cake, we wanted to indulge in a more seasonal tradition: Cookies. So Foodzie staffers decided to duke it out in the office kitchen (yes, [...] Continue Reading…
Posted December 16, 2011 by Sean
Introducing Blue Hill Farm
The first time I visited Blue Hill at Stone Barns was during a surprise weekend Rob threw for me in New York for our anniversary last year. We drove the 25 miles up the Hudson Valley to Pocantico Hills, New York, where the farm is. While there, Rob had [...] Continue Reading…
Posted December 9, 2011 by emily
Holiday Entertaining: The Cheese Plate
The cheese plate is a versatile weapon in your entertaining arsenal. At the holiday table, it’s suitable as a palate-whetting starter or an elegant finale. It’s an absolute no-brainer as a self-serve snack at a holiday party. But it takes more than just slapping down a couple slabs of [...] Continue Reading…
Posted December 8, 2011 by Sean
Holiday Entertaining: Cookies
The holiday season can be one big, sparkly ball of stress. Between the frenzy of shopping, the invariably embarrassing company parties and all that comes with seeing the family in large numbers, things can get pretty sticky. But one thing seems to soothe our nerves this time of year: [...] Continue Reading…
Posted December 6, 2011 by Sean
