While exercising my A.D.D. on youtube I stumbled upon a food channel from the land of my birth. Once upon a time we Canadians were considered more polite and innocent with a dash of hick on top, but now thanks to the internet and Amazon everything is pretty much homogenized. As such, our oft mocked pronunciation of…
Month: September 2015
Meet Mrs. Jetson
I always wanted to be a Jetson, even if Mr. Jetson, would on occasion, act like a misogynist pig. That cute, colorful precursor to Star Wars gave us a peak into the future -microwave oven and all! Mrs. Jeston, my alter ego, never broke a sweat when it came to dinnertime. Once the arduous task…
Zaatar
I can’t tell you what it is, because no one really knows, save Ottolenghi. Zaatar is a combination of herbs and sesame seeds and salt and olive oil commonly found in Middle Eastern cooking. It adds color, texture, a little bit of healthy and tons of flavor to anything from chicken to potatoes to pizza. In the…
Eye Spy Google Glass
High tech industry consultant Baum + Whiteman foresees “a not-so-distant future wherein waiters use face-recognition software combined with Google’s next-gen eyewear to identify everyone at your table—and make personalized menu recommendations.” As in “You fat cow, you are so not ordering that again”, or “Aren’t you the jerk who returned your order 3 times and left…