Author: doodledweller
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Crisp & Spoon Cake
This is just to sayI have eatenthe plumsthat were inthe icebox and whichyou were probablysavingfor breakfast Forgive methey were deliciousso sweetand so cold–William Carlos Williams One can’t not read this poem and not break a smile. It has been countlessly parodied and even inscribed on a wall in the city of Den Hague, Dutch country. …
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A Love Story
My grandfather was not born into wealth. His parents gambled away all their money, so he lived with his grandparents as a child. His grandfather used to say, “3 bowls of rice, 3 pieces of cloth; shiver keeps you awake, hunger keeps you running.” At 16 years old, he went to work in a coal…
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For the Love of Country
It was Spring of 2003. I was studying in Italy; the United States had just entered the war with Iraq. Huge protests descended down upon Rome, reminiscent of those against the killing of George Floyd of late. The war had invaded every conversation, and folks were really angry at America. There were talks about whether…
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Sweet Potato Cream
Maybe I’m enchanted with sweet potatoes. They’re understated, and it’s good to love understated things. There is less competition and your time and effort are more likely rewarded with unique discoveries. To be enchanted by undervalues with promises is a promise of joy. Beyond a simple boil or bake, sweet potato’s colorful, sweet, and starchy…
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Food is Love
Thematic for the arts and festivals alike, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a fantastical comedy about marriage and lovers’ bliss, fairies, elves, and their magic juice to turn any subject into that of passion. And when one is doted upon, one is fed with love’s extravagances,“with apricots and dewberries,with purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;The…
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Going on Holidays
Recently, I rewatched this neurotic comedy, 2 Days in New York. In it, Chris Rock played Mingus, the only apparently stable character of the whole cast, which says perhaps all you need to know about the movie. There was a scene where C.R. had an imaginary dialogue with Barack Obama about Hawai’i, and it made…
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Starches
I’ve been wondering about the differences between flours and starches. Starch is processed by grinding the starch-containing tubers or seeds and then mixing the pulp with water. The resulting paste is rid of its remaining impurities and dried into a powder. Flour results from crushing raw whole grains. Pure starch has been made since Roman…
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Fermenting Tofu Water
I’ve been keeping on with my tofu experiment, because the fat lady hadn’t sung yet. Using soured cheese water, aka fermented cheese whey, should have gotten me to a tofu texture closer to the tofu made with GdL. Surprisingly, it yielded an extra firm tofu instead. Furthermore, varying the salt level did not give a…
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Food is Science
Legend has it that the panettone was born from a forbidden romance in the 15th century. During a Christmas Eve feast hosted by the Duke of Milan – Ludovico il Moro, his head pastry chef burnt the dessert while stealing a kiss from a nobleman’s beautiful wife in the medieval passageway. A young scullery boy…
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