I love the way Sarah Wu basically stumbled in to this project. While working as a school speech therapist, she forgot her lunch one day and decided to just eat whatever they were serving in the cafeteria. Shocked by the poor quality of food she was served she decided to eat school lunch for one…
Category: Cookbooks
{4 saturdays, 4 giveaways} The Feedback Giveaway
UPDATE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012: THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. The winner of their choice of Keeping Bees or Keeping Chickens or Home Dairy or Canning & {reserving by Ashley English is: LUCKY #3: KIMMER: “Took the poll, recipes, local food and vendor information, all make me read the blog, the local look at food, gardens,…
{4 saturdays, 4 giveaways} U-Pick
UPDATE: 7:30am Saturday February 4th: THE WINNER IS SARA and she requested “What to Eat” By Marion Nestle! Therefore, we know have “An Everlasting Meal” and “What to Eat” in our 2012 FSC Book Club selections. CONGRATS SARA! Please email us at fromscratchclub (at) gmail (dot) com. The winner of the FSC bonanza (bookmark, full-color…
{from scratch club bookshelf} Memoirs & Policy Reads
In the spirit of our {4 Saturdays, 4 Giveaways} extravaganza, let’s talk books. We all have so many books that are dog-eared and covered with tomato sauce, having been read and referenced over and over. We have even more books on our to-read list for 2012: from light-hearted memoirs to food policy primers and everything…
Burgers…Veggie style
As a resolution or “goal” for this year, I had aspired to reduce the amount of meat that I eat on a regular basis. In the past couple of months, I have really started holding myself to that goal. I’ve introduced various new meals to my repertoire. I’ve begun purchasing tofu on a regular basis…
{Recipe} For the Pie-Challenged
I have always been an utter failure at making pies. They sometimes taste good, but they look awful and are entirely lacking in aesthetic appeal. I apply uneven pressure on the rolling pin, make badly crimped edges that leak, use too much flour to dust, yadayadayada. So in my self-loathing, I tend to concentrate on…
{GIVEAWAY} Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking
The day has arrived…Kate Payne’s Hip Girl’s to Homemaking has hit the stores. It was released on Wednesday- hurray! Along with other fabulous blogs, Harper Collins Publishers have graciously provided us one advanced copy to giveaway to one of our readers. To up the “ohhhhh ahhhhhh” factor, our copy will be SIGNED as Kate will…
{giveaway} the winner is….
The winner of The Meal Makeover Mom‘s newest cookbook, No Whine With Dinner is….. #3 comment… Sarah Holdaway! The winner entry according to Random.org :“My husband and I do not yet have children but I suffer from a gluten allergy in addition to some other stomach ailments. It has been difficult to find great…
{Kid Tested & Approved} Cowboy Chili
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two posts highlighting additional recipes from our current cookbook giveaway, The Meal Makeover Moms’ No Whine With Dinner. We are trying not to push blog etiquette by posting ALL the successful recipes we tested, so these posts will be in “recap” format with links to the recipes on…
{Kid Tested & Approved} Snack Attack
Editor’s Note: This is the first of two posts highlighting additional recipes from our current cookbook giveaway, The Meal Makeover Moms’ No Whine With Dinner. We are trying not to push blog etiquette by posting ALL the successful recipes we tested, so these posts will be in “recap” format with links to the recipes on…
{giveaway} No Whine With Dinner
We’ve been sitting on this giveaway for 10 weeks now. Why? Amanda & Sarah are having a hard time giving it up! They have been passing the book back & forth trying the recipes on their families with great success. They’ve both purchased copies for themselves, so we have the copy for one of our…
{Valentine’s Day} Black Bean Brownies
There is something about the thought of Valentine’s Day which inspires me to whip up brownies for a little treat one night. Oh yeah…it isn’t Valentine’s Day yet, but with the holiday around the corner it was still a good excuse for a little chocolate after dinner! There is always an excuse in my book for…
{Top 10+1} FSC Posts of 2010
Every blog does it, so let’s get ready to ride the most read blog posts in 2010 bus…Fasten your seatbelts! Honk Honk! As I explained in our 100th post (and Food Matters Cookbook giveaway); why I started the club in March 2010. We went “public” with the blog in late July/early August and you know…
{Meals in Busytown} Mexican Chicken at Lightening Speed
My father gave me this cookbook before he moved me into my first apartment. I think he was a little nervous. I didn’t grow up in a home where we cooked many meals. We ate out a lot. This was a perfect start for me as everything was simple in technique and ingredients and pretty delicious! Several of…
{edible gifts} Trio of Treats
“It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…” The halls are officially decked at the Zenner homestead and Christmas music is playing 24/7. The girls LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this time of year. As soon as the turkey is eaten their minds turn to Christmas and everything this wonderful holiday has to offer. Simon, our “Elf…
