Kitchen Chick

Name that Food: And the Answer Is...

I'm late, I know, but finally, at last, (it's about time, Kitchen Chick!), I'm posting the answer to Name That Food from June.  I always find the range of guesses fascinating, and this one was no exception.  In the interest of not spoiling it for others who might just be coming upon this, I am putting the answer behind the cut.

Name That Food

Guess away. The answer will be posted in a week.

Name that Kitchen Thing

Back in October I challenged readers to name this kitchen thing. My apologies for not spilling the answer sooner. (Need I say that I've been insanely busy this Fall?)

Here is that kitchen thing in use...

A sideview of the finished snacks...

And the answer is...

Name that Kitchen Thing

While I'm spending my time working 12 hr days (project crunch time!) and thinking about what delectable souffle to make for IMBB #20, I thought I'd give you all something else to think about...

Joe's parents gave us this fascinating item, and we can't wait to use it. Name that kitchen thing!

Name That Food #3: And the answer is...

Thanks for all the guesses!   I've put the answer in the extended post, so people can keep guessing.

Name That Food #3

This is Joe, Kitchen Chick's husband.  This photo is so bad that it deserves to be a "Name That Food" puzzle, so I'm putting it up as one.  (We didn't have a real digital camera with us, so I was stuck using my Treo...)

So... name that food!

Name That Food #2: And the answer is...

I'll put it behind "the cut" so future readers can have their guess too.

Name That Food #2

Go for it!

Name That Food

This is one of my favorite "instant" meals. What is it?

Kitchen Survey: In the beginning there was... Your First Cookbook

I count my culinary adventures as beginning in college, when I was forced to fend for myself, and now, years later, I have countless cookbooks that attest to our wide-ranging culinary explorations. But in the beginning, before college, before high school, back in the dark ages of my junior high, there was one. My first cookbook ever...

Come and Get It: A Natural Foods Cookbook for Children by Kathleen M. Baxter and illustrated Mimi Orlando.

A family friend gave it to me back in... oh, that'd be telling. The pages are card-stock, and every 32 pages is a different color: yellow, lime green, orange, fuchsia. Someone knows children well. I don't remember cooking many recipes from it. I liked cooking, but I didn't really like food. Go figure. It'd be another five years or so before my taste buds would wake up and say "Hey, food is great!"

Paging through this relic of my childhood I catch glimmers of my future. Next to the peanut butter cookie recipes, I find a scrawled note in a pre-adolescent handwriting that reads "Missing something. Salt or sugar?"

I feel compelled to make those cookies and finally answer a young proto-cook's question: salt or sugar.

I invite you to share a story about your first cookbook.