I hate to say it, but I’ve been thinking a lot about Sarah Palin in the past couple of weeks. Why? Well, not because of what(ever) she’s doing these days. But rather, because of something she did last year. Last year — January 8, 2011 — Jared Loughner walked into a crowd at an event […]
Fried Chicken Livers with Hot Sauce
I am given to understand that there are some people out there for whom chicken liver is not a treat. This, I must say, I do not understand. You see — I grew up in what you might call a liver household. By which I mean: I grew up with a Jewish mother who made […]
Traditional Basil Pesto
I have run it by my vociferous (and largely self-appointed) editors. And they all seem to agree: my traditional basil pesto isn’t entirely traditional. They seem to feel, perhaps rightly, that the addition of Thai fish sauce and nutritional yeast flakes place it outside the historical scope of Italian cuisine. And they seem to think […]
Peach Upside Down Cake
Welcome to self-congratulation-ville, population — me. That’s right, friends. This post marks number one hundred for Twice Cooked. And it marks just about (though not quite) one year of blogging about food, politics, and whatever else it is you find on this sight. So — celebratory pigs! I’d like to thank you all (dear readers!) […]
Fresh Tomatillo Salsa
So … it’s summer. Like — really summer. Yes, I recognize that it’s been “technically” summer for a while now. That it’s been ninety and a hundred degrees on and off for months, and that my electric bills certainly have that summer feel. But there’s a difference between the season and the season, if you […]
Garlic-Herb Pork Roast
Today’s experiment comes courtesy of the quarter of a pig I bought a while back from my CSA. Apparently, there has been a stray pork shoulder roast, sitting sad and neglected, almost entirely forgotten, in the back of my freezer for a couple of months now. And it has taken my mad drive to organize […]
Supporting the Creative Commons
A couple of months ago, I diverged a bit from the light chatter you’ve come to expect here at Twice Cooked to promote a cause — Kiva.org. I contended, as I recall, that as long as I have this tiny soapbox of a web site, and as long as I have (at least some) regular […]
Vanilla Coffee Liqueur
I don’t talk about coffee much in this space. But it is actually quite an important part of my culinary life. Like many of my academic peers, I found myself drawn to it early on. A cup in the morning to get me going; another to ease into work; and a third (of course) to […]
A Taste of New Orleans
Sara is an artist/cook/substitute teacher/camp counselor/ part-time wedding planner at the moment, but who knows what tomorrow will bring. She graduated from the College of Charleston in 2010 and is about to start classes at UNO this fall for a Master’s of Education. She just moved back home to New Orleans from Charleston, SC this […]
Ten Lessons from my Transitional Kitchen
Elizabeth is a folklorist, a teacher, a blogger (at www.breadandhoneyblog.com) and a culinary experimenter with a low boredom threshold. She and her partner have recently added a giant puppy to their household; he impedes the experimentation, but she loves him anyway. They used to live in a large, old house with a small, old kitchen […]