The Foodology Collective

I am conducting a small research questionnaire out of my own interest to help me out with a future post here on the FC. I greatly respect all of your opinions on food and would love to have your input. [Read more →]

With the weekly seasonal changes we’ve been experiencing on the east coast, meal planning can bring some unexpected challenges. That stew you were pining for when it was 15° and snowing at the beginning of the week doesn’t sound so appealing when you’re chilling at the latter end of the week… On the patio, in 85° sunshine.

So too can a poor wine selection turn a thoughtful meal selection to chaos. Wine and food go hand-in-hand, something that people sometimes forget, or more often, take lightly. But being mindful about your food and wine pairing doesn’t have to be pretentious, over-bearing, or over the top. Simply let it be what it is: an extension of the meal itself. The right wine pairing can often allow delicious food to soar to even greater heights when the appropriate taste buds are encouraged to join in.

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Imagine yourself hungry. You hop into your car, onto your bike, catch a bus or strap on you shoes to walk to the nearest grocery store. You’re thinking you’ll pick up some pancetta, maybe some eggs, a good, crusty loaf of french bread. As you approach the door, something doesn’t seem quite right. Out of the corner of your eye you see a flash of hunter green. Then another. All of a sudden you almost trip over a whole gaggle of young girls waving boxes hued all colors of the rainbow in your direction. Their siren song lures you closer. Mothers stand attentively behind them, sentinels of the goods between you. You cannot resist. Money falls from your pockets in exchange for boxes and boxes of minty, caramel, coconut, chocolate goodness. [Read more →]

It wasn’t a divorce, although it felt like one. We weren’t ever married. I was, however, divorced from several kitchen necessities that I had fallen for as well. And now, I’ve not only got the heartache from a lack of workhorses in the kitchen, I also lack the space for them anymore even if they were here for me. Let that marinate for a moment. [Read more →]