Category Archives: Food for Thought

Food for Thought is useful reading, and occasionally viewing, about food and related matters: mostly blogs, but also a few books and magazines with Amazon links when available for purchase.

Food for Thought: She Simmers

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Burnt My Fingers

While researching green papaya salads for my Mock Som Tam recipe, I typed “how to make green papaya salad without a mortar and pestle” into the Google search box and up popped She Simmers. Leela Punyaratabandhu was born in Thailand … Continue reading →

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Who knew you could do this with a hot dog?

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Burnt My Fingers

I’ve been saving up a bunch of tasty food-related links, mostly to other blogs. First up is this hot dog serving suggestion from Maida Heatter, a well-respected food writer from the 60s (I’ve got a couple of her cookbooks), who … Continue reading →

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Male culinary bluster: a dish best served cold?

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

“Chili growing is to gardening as grilling is to cooking, allowing men to enter, and dominate, a domestic sphere without sacrificing their bluster.” Lauren Collins said that in “Fire Eaters”, an excellent article in the latest food issue of the … Continue reading →

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Get out and vote… for small family farms

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

It’s election day… so I am indulging myself with a political post. After you return from your polling place, I’m asking you to spend 15 minutes getting up to speed with the proposed new regulations of the Food Safety Modernization … Continue reading →

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Are food trucks over-rated?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

I’ve been eating at a lot of food trucks recently… at a local Food Truck Rodeo here in Saratoga, at the annual Eat Real event in Oakland, and at the weekly Off the Grid party in San Francisco’s Fort Mason. … Continue reading →

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Food for thought… Foodspin

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

This morning, while trolling for Johnny Football trivia, I ran across the Foodspin section of the sports blog Deadspin.com. I think any reader of Burnt My Fingers would enjoy this. A good place to start is the post called How … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Simple Spanish Food

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Simple Spanish Food is a  blog written by a guy from Florida who fell in love with the cuisine when vacationing in Spain, then fell in love again when he discovered it was a solution to his cholesterol problems. The … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Serious Eats Food Lab

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

How to hack instant ramen and turn it into a gourmet food. Cheese tacos with actual cheese taco shells. Two-minute hollandaise. How to duplicate Chick-fil-A chicken if you feel guilty about eating at Chick-fil-A. You’ll find these and many other hijinks … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Beer Advocate

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Have you ever been in a beer store and wondered about a new microbrew you found on the shelf (or on tap to fill your growler, better yet)? If you were me, you’d whip out your smartphone and go to … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Eater

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Eater is like Gawker.. but for food! And there’s an endless supply of material because chefs tend to be profane and get drunk when surrounded by sharp objects. While restaurateurs are bet-the-house gamblers with outsize egos who tend to attract … Continue reading →

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