tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post4231440511330344166..comments2024-03-29T01:59:29.845-07:00Comments on The Tipsy Baker: If you want to criticize my writing, today ain't the daytipsybakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796856700365644779noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-36649781694348812422016-07-29T03:10:48.455-07:002016-07-29T03:10:48.455-07:00happy diwali sms
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And I...aubergine parmigiana. AUBERGINE parmigiana!<br /><br />And I love how in Mia Farrow's memoir WHAT FALLS AWAY, she describes her & Frank Sinatra, at the beginning of their way June/December romance, holed up in Palm Springs, so in love, making spaghetti sauce while Mia munches on potato chips perched on a kitchen stool.<br /><br />Well, everybody's got to eat, right?<br /><br />Have you ever acquainted yourself with Arthur Schwartz, the food maven, btw???<br /><br />Enough from ME - over & out!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-36771976502695870382016-01-24T13:23:10.159-08:002016-01-24T13:23:10.159-08:00Darn. Not in my library system. I'm gonna sugg...Darn. Not in my library system. I'm gonna suggest they purchase it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-67438211962191444882016-01-24T13:19:28.935-08:002016-01-24T13:19:28.935-08:00Wow.
Your WP review is fantastic! I love the tone...Wow.<br /><br />Your WP review is fantastic! I love the tone you strike, and feel like I have a very good idea of what the book's about!<br /><br />I am ordering it from my library.<br /><br />I am a big Andy Warhol kook. In his diaries, Andy goes on and on about how annoying Truman Capote is - always raving about what a good cook he is, and then serving what is obviously store bought food on his own dinnerware. <br /><br />If memory serves, I think Andy roots thru the garbage to find the tell tale empty take out containers as evidence.<br /><br />And then there was some story about a canned black bean soup Truman was trying to pass off as homemade.<br /><br />One of the many pleasures of Andy's diary is his food related entries. Andy loved food, loved junk food & fancy food too, but he was always interested in staying slim, and then he was plagued with awful digestive problems for years. He had a bum gall bladder and was scared to have it out. When he finally DID go to the hospital, the gall bladder was gangrenous, and he then died post-op under mysterious circumstances.<br /><br />FYI - Trader Joe's sells what I feel is decent Spanish saffron at a reasonable price. <br /><br />I love the flavor so much I will not do without.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-85001023781432530922016-01-23T05:17:08.398-08:002016-01-23T05:17:08.398-08:00Here's a secret for you and other library book...Here's a secret for you and other library book hoarders....but shhhh...it's a secret remember.<br />Get a second card (it's waaaay easy where I live-it's all done online) in your spounces name, or your 2yr old kids or gkids name (if your spouce already has one). Then when you reserve a really good cookbook...reserve it twice...one right after the other. Then if you aren't able to "renew" it because it's on hold for someone else....that "next" someone else IS YOU....HAHAHA.<br />...but it's a secret so...shhhhhKathyhttp://chezlamere.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-6638513771766116272016-01-22T14:47:03.163-08:002016-01-22T14:47:03.163-08:00In my other life I was a university adviser at Ber...In my other life I was a university adviser at Berkeley. I was horrified by the level of illiteracy that's fast becoming the norm. Native English speakers were admitted despite the inability to punctuate, read, write, or compose basic essays. They couldn't even write emails. I wish this were hyperbole. Diane Leachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668890922770917113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-48130563509706037582016-01-19T12:47:35.572-08:002016-01-19T12:47:35.572-08:00Baaahahahahahaah!!! That test story kills me dead!...Baaahahahahahaah!!! That test story kills me dead!<br /><br />xoxFeisty Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16330656570934235628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-11206054310353632692016-01-19T10:28:49.619-08:002016-01-19T10:28:49.619-08:00Is Halloumi similar to the cheese used to make sag...Is Halloumi similar to the cheese used to make saganaki?<br />beyondbeigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037096412783662961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-43422544644477500722016-01-19T09:14:32.036-08:002016-01-19T09:14:32.036-08:00I wish you were in my class! Any kind of standardi...I wish you were in my class! Any kind of standardized testing for essay writing is terrible.Sara https://www.blogger.com/profile/06652685281032632807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-50907253793592553582016-01-19T08:04:54.921-08:002016-01-19T08:04:54.921-08:00I am stunned and almost speechless that education ...I am stunned and almost speechless that education has come to this. I had no idea! It really is shameful, and we will reap what we have sown. Written language skills are so important to understanding all aspects of life, especially other people, cultures, and motivation!<br />As always, I read this blog for your clear use of language, and for your unending curiosity, and I am never disappointed. I learn something every time you post.becksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147945810663254093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-31325332772637923522016-01-19T07:29:38.197-08:002016-01-19T07:29:38.197-08:00I've never, ever left a comment on any blog an...I've never, ever left a comment on any blog anywhere before. I, too, am stunned by that utterly nonsensical essay prompt. I read it over several times and remain completely baffled by how one would do anything coherent with. It is a damn shame, and I suspect it is a sign of the incompetence of the test creators. Maybe give your cookbook writing a break and write an expose on how our academic standards have sunk so low that education has become a racket full of "credenialed" and "degreed" bureaucrats who can't even conjure a reasonable essay topic. anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272094794556129483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-20420657655816801482016-01-19T02:40:28.968-08:002016-01-19T02:40:28.968-08:00I'm a 7th grade English teacher, and I'm a...I'm a 7th grade English teacher, and I'm almost weeping with joy that an adult who is a published author has subjected herself to educational testing and has seen what we see in a daily basis. Those are exactly the kinds of tests that students are given around the country - tests that assess their ability to take tests. In VA, we moved to computer essay scoring for 8th grade writers, and a big chunk of what they have to do is just...write a big chunk. Since the software can't figure out if a paragraph contains only information relevant to that paragraph, it is now "best practice" to teach them to write without paragraphs in some districts. It honestly sickens me that we have become so quick to pass off jobs to computers that we sacrifice meaningful education and assessment in the name of progress. Equally terrible, these cuts and restrictions and conveniences seem only to be used in the public schools and higher education. Kids educated in private school or at home might not have learned how to take these "gatekeeper" tests because they always had a person to assess their work. This leaves only the good test takers, not necessarily the good thinkers, to inherit places of societal power. <br /><br />Sorry to ramble. I get really worked up over it because it isn't fair. <br /><br />Unrelated: haloumi is tasty sliced thinnish and fried golden, then served with apple butter on toasted bread. It sounds godawful, but I think it's lovely. Sarah D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13628786529918587195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-13627002291547077112016-01-18T22:34:46.767-08:002016-01-18T22:34:46.767-08:00I would be shaken to the core if a computer failed...I would be shaken to the core if a computer failed my writing. That test result is just so wrong. Well, so is the incoherent prompt. How does a computer score a written exam? On the writing section of the SAT or the TOEFL human beings have to read them and score them. I'm starting to get indignant on behalf of the degree-seeking community college students out there who are dependent on the vagaries of the computer scoring algorithms. (I was already highly indignant on your behalf, don't worry.) <br /><br />Is it okay to ask what class you're taking?<br /><br />I want to read that book. I also want to read the one by the woman who tried all the different celebrity diets. Did you know that Karl Lagerfeld's diet involves tiny little rehydrated "flavor packets" and 11 Diet Cokes a day? So joyless. <br /><br />And the antithesis of the Lagerfeld diet: The celery root soup called to me, too, as I leafed through "Zahav", but I haven't made it yet. Hawaij is definitely something I need to have in the pantry, though. I see another trip to the bulk spice section at Sprouts in my near future. Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-75455810351462528382016-01-18T18:54:05.062-08:002016-01-18T18:54:05.062-08:00Thank you so much for sharing your experience with...Thank you so much for sharing your experience with the essay exam. I had a similar experience with the essay portion of the GRE. I had read numerous examples of essays that had scored at each level and I was 100% confident that I could write at a 5 or 6 level with no problem. I took my test, felt good about my essay, and scored a 4. The 4's I had read were awful. Much more poorly written than anything I would ever write. I was upset about this for a week. I got over it. But hearing that you (a fabulous writer whose blogs I look forward to reading) had a similar experience with a stupid essay test really makes me that much more over it. Essay tests scored by computers are ridiculous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573226380067526240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-85576852076264890682016-01-18T15:45:41.628-08:002016-01-18T15:45:41.628-08:00You sure know how to make a joyless food crank fee...You sure know how to make a joyless food crank feel special. witloofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-71288128352394934552016-01-18T12:23:51.146-08:002016-01-18T12:23:51.146-08:00I just read this out loud to Dave while he cleaned...I just read this out loud to Dave while he cleaned up the kitchen after lunch. You are a delight.Mel_Joulwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17231390156357385077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-12758981394021259162016-01-18T12:16:22.563-08:002016-01-18T12:16:22.563-08:00SRSLY. That question exhibits inconsistent control...SRSLY. That question exhibits inconsistent control of language. Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-62652720052915115072016-01-18T10:59:45.670-08:002016-01-18T10:59:45.670-08:00Oh, and that Hitchcock all blue meal took me back ...Oh, and that Hitchcock all blue meal took me back in time. By the time my kids were about to leave the family nest forever, I was experiencing extreme boredom on the cooking front, after years of producing what I considered to be pretty damned gourmet dinners night after night. So I decided to secretly do "color" meals, see if anybody noticed. For about two weeks straight I served meals with just one color. White was by far the easiest, red easy, yellow and orange easy, green easy. But for blue I had to cheat a bit, deciding that purple counted. Nary a child nor spouse noticed the single-color meals. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-66747519112044671652016-01-18T10:46:33.541-08:002016-01-18T10:46:33.541-08:00Happy that you are enjoying Zahav. I pre-ordered i...Happy that you are enjoying Zahav. I pre-ordered it after reading a rave review of his hummus recipe on David Levovitz. Yes, that is just how easily I can be tempted into buying a cookbook. For one recipe. It is, in fact, the best hummus I've ever made (and in 40+ years as a cook, I've made a lotta hummus). Love his salads as well, and find the recipes somehow more accessible than Ottolenghi's. My one semi-failure was the roasted chicken with harrisa, which was blah for me, but as it turns out, I forgot to serve it with the tehina sauce. Made all the difference the second day. This is a cookbook that I use regularly. Man cannot live by bread alone, but possibly I could if that bread is accompanied by Zahav's twice-cooked eggplant….Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-1048656581151716712016-01-18T09:15:59.046-08:002016-01-18T09:15:59.046-08:00Very clever to include the link to the WaPo (nice!...Very clever to include the link to the WaPo (nice!) book review, as you tell us about your essayistic fail. And that is a truly awful essay prompt. I cannot wait to show it to my high school senior.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811293661999764608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-18871567386346397912016-01-18T08:56:07.810-08:002016-01-18T08:56:07.810-08:00How does a computer even score an essay? Seems li...How does a computer even score an essay? Seems like a major fault to me.<br />On a completely different note, I received a Vitamix for Christmas - do you still like yours? What do you love to make with it? (Besides pisco sours...)Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717485156533712922noreply@blogger.com