history of THAT cookie!

OK. I love food. I love food history. I love vintage cookbooks.

But how do I feel about this? I'm not so sure. While I would love to know where the hell we got some of the food we eat, and I would be happy to tell you how Campbell's cream of mushroom soup became a staple in 'American' cooking (but only if you have an hour), this is a scooch over the top, me thinks.

http://justinsomnia.org/2009/01/melt-in-the-mouth-cookies-a-brief-history/

OED Word of the day

Today's word of the day from The Oxford English Dictionary: "purvey"

I worked in the food industry for 5 years before I learned it was spelled 'purveyor'. I thought it was 'proveyer'. As in provide. But I never had enough confidence so I just used used 'vendor'.

If only my writing were legible...

This would be so cool - but only if I could read my own writing :)

http://www.fontifier.com/

I'm Back!!

In an effort to do a few things (conveniently listed below), I have decided to put more of an effort back into this blog.

I intend to:

• stop spamming my mom (as well as others) and filling up their inboxes with weird random stuff
  
• write more (I love it!)
• do something more productive with the endless hours I spend sitting in front of a computer (... after a long day at work also sitting in front of a computer. something is not right here)

This means more fun! Excitement! Recipes! Pictures! Not too many of my dog, though I promise! And a potential site overhaul to...well....update the thing a bit.