Comments on coast to coast: Foodie

One more comment and then I will shut up... You ca...

2009-07-16T15:55:33.089-04:00

One more comment and then I will shut up... You can raise your foodies, Alina. Hands down... Nobody says Karis can't grow up as a foodie. Food aversions are all in your mind. How you train her to eat is, to a large extent, how she will eat. Expose her to everything, she might surprise you! See Mexican and Indian kids sucking on HOT peppers, or Moroccan kids heating SPICY Harira at 9 months old.. Don't think the usual categories and don't stop and PB &J. We used to give the first two kids cheddar and then, once WE had dinner, WE would pull out the heavy stuff. One night, Nico came back while we were having dinner and, 4 1/2 that he was he asked: 'Why do you guys eat all the good cheese and we don't?' (I believe we had Camembert, some blue cheese and some goat cheese). That was the end of our privileged adult dinners...Exposure, and within the limits of your budget, you will have a foodie on hand...

Well, I guess I should see if I can unearth the or...

2009-07-16T15:48:29.108-04:00

Well, I guess I should see if I can unearth the original 'Not Martha' movie, since it's the original : )
Also, in Europe we have this thing of late, a big boom so to speak, of sweet something with your cheese. The Spanish version your mother refers to is Membrillo with your cheese (made my own, AWESOME). But even in extremely serious Italy (no mixing of sweet and savoury, it's a culinary SIN and the exceptions can be counted on the fingers of one hand...) there is a big wave of 'preserves' with a twist to eat with your cheese. Things like ONION jam, or Pumpkin jam, or the delicious red wine & rosemary jelly... It all started with the old world traditions of pears and cheese (also substitute Port for the cheese in the UK...)

Yeap, you are a foodie for sure. I tell you, we br...

2009-07-16T10:30:07.642-04:00

Yeap, you are a foodie for sure.
I tell you, we brought this to Cuba from Spain (Europe): cheese with anything sweet, in Cuba is guava paste or any fruit preserve dessert.
love,
mom

You totally need to do this. http://raisingfoodie...

2009-07-15T15:55:48.121-04:00

You totally need to do this.

http://raisingfoodies.blogspot.com/2009/07/want-to-cook-together.html

Lindsay-I'm glad to meet somebody else who is hesi...

2009-07-15T12:55:35.907-04:00

Lindsay-I'm glad to meet somebody else who is hesitant to call themself a foodie!

Jeannette-I remember your foodie-y era...It's called "double income, no kids". Remember that time? :-)

Jessica and Kate-
I have seen no reservations and thought it was fun. Though I do prefer the older version that Kate recommended. Funny side note, when I saw no reservations I kept thinking to myself, "I feel like I've already seen this before" ...well I had. I'd seen the original. :-)

i remember that caller with the castle. must be n...

2009-07-15T11:14:32.935-04:00

i remember that caller with the castle. must be nice! omar and i got to see lynne in person at a book reading/signing a year ago. we're quite proud of our signed cookbook.

i see that jessica recommended "no reservations" - please please please, before you go see that, go see the original it was based on, "mostly martha." a beautiful german movie that i know you will love.

You know what sounds good, some brie and maybe som...

2009-07-14T22:07:39.917-04:00

You know what sounds good, some brie and maybe some prosciutto. I've been craving that all day. Maybe because I've been eating kiddie food for too long. Let's eat something good on Friday!

Have you seen the movie 'No Reservations'? If not,...

2009-07-14T09:38:00.756-04:00

Have you seen the movie 'No Reservations'? If not, you should. I think you'd appreciate a lot of it. And if you ever have a chance to taste walnut oil, do: it is delicious...

Mmmmm. I've got all those things...

2009-07-14T08:16:43.689-04:00

Mmmmm. I've got all those things...

How yummy does that sound!? I'm SOOOOO with you. ...

2009-07-13T23:05:38.562-04:00

How yummy does that sound!?

I'm SOOOOO with you. Wannabe foodie. Can't rise above the ennui of pasta and chicken fingers. I've had eras in my life that were more foodie-y. SO not there now.

I'm going to have to get her podcasts.

(Incidently, my foodie bit for the day: if you eat goldfish crackers and drink coffee, it tastes like smoked cheddar. Wonder Lynn knows THAT!)

I haven't heard this podcast, but I'll definitely ...

2009-07-13T18:59:22.250-04:00

I haven't heard this podcast, but I'll definitely check it out. I'm reluctant to call myself a foodie either (in fact, I'm quite awful in the kitchen), though I hope some day I might live up to the title. :)