Is it winter where you are, yet?  In Texas we keep getting little teases of Fall coolness, but temperatures today were in the high 80s leaving frosty mornings just a daydream.  (I've got cute gloves to wear, darnit!!) In hopes of beckoning a nice cool day, I'm making this gorgeous sweet potato and chipotle soup from the Healthy Delicious blog. It's fast ...

Sometimes during exciting travel adventures, people fall in love with a mysterious local and share naughty nights and lurid adventures together until it's time to go home. I, however, connect with food (and booze) and bring my lurid voyaging affairs to the table in a most open manner. My latest local foodie crush from my trip to Maui - poke.  Raw chunks ...

There's nothing spookier for your waistline than an empty fridge and a stack of take out menus (or a neighborhood full of taco trucks, as the case may be). I've been guilty of some excessive eating out lately, in fact I type this as I wait for the fam to bring home sandwiches for a lazy Sunday lunch.  Because, you know, ...

Gradient Cake from Gabriel Rodriguez on Vimeo. In my web marketing day job, I appreciate the mild panache a subtle gradient can add to a design projects.  They give things a little more depth and interest without a lot of flash. The same could be said for this fab gradient cake, so artfully demo-ed by the lovely baker  Ashley Rodriguez (of Not Without Salt).  It's ...

I am hugely fascinated with this book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets. It's a look at a typical day of food for 80 different people across the globe - from American soldier in Iraq (4000 calories) to a Spanish shepherd (3800 calories) to a dagger merchant in Yemen (5800 calories)  to Akbar the Iranian baker above (4900 ...

A fan of all thing zombie, I was tickled to pick up a new Zombieland fact. Instead of munching on real Hostess Twinkies (as his character was addicted and endlessly searching for), Woody Harrelson was enjoying truckloads of veganized Twinkies instead. If you want to sample the actual recipe used, check out Jennifer's Shmooed Food vegan Twinkie recipe to get your snackie ...

A most magical photographic diagram by Allen Hemberger.  This baby so belongs on my wall. You know, just so I don't forget...

Another week behind us brings another slew of cool posts to catch up on.  Quickly now - to the foodie blogosphere!: 30+ easy ways to make Ramen better How to make simple fruit vodkas (OMG - the photo above is from that great post too) Fine Cooking teaches you how to make really great french fries Mystery kitchen odors and how to fix them (it ...

Look at that meal above.  Jealous much?  Is your mouth salivating at the very thought of its thermostabilized goodness? This NASA blog post on feeding the STS-135 crew is pretty awesome.  I'm bummed to just now be reading it as NASA was encouraging folks on Earth to cook and eat along with their July 14th 'All-American Meal' time. You can click here to ...

This week's TasteSpotting treat: Vegan frangipanne with strawberries and raspberries For pretty much my entire life, my birthday 'cake' of choice has been a fruit tart - preferably with a think layer of chocolate directly on top of the crust, homemade custard and super fresh, vibrant fruit. With my love for almonds, this tart might be making a move towards overtaking that birthday ...