He who comes first, eats first.
~Eike von Repkow
Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
~Epictetus
Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.
~Epictetus
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
~Fran Lebowitz
Food is our common ground, a universal experience.
~James Beard
You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
~Julia Child
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
~M. F. K. Fisher
So I needed a few things and decided I had to go to my local Japanese market (Aki Oriental), which near as I can tell is the only Japanese market in all of Omaha. Over the last few months they have gotten in “stranger and stranger” items…items more closely resembling the kinds of things I need to prepare authentic bento. They now have an entire shelf of plastic rice molds and boxes. Including these gems, which I did NOT expect to find. I was very pleasantly surprised!!
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Leftover General Tso’s Chicken
Mandarin oranges
Laughing Cow spreadable swiss cheese (with a few crackers I already had stashed at work from earlier this week)
Leftover rice mixed with Katsuo Fumi furikake (bonito & sesame seeds furikake)
Del Valle Peach Nectar “juice”, rice cake, and Ego chocolate roll to snack on.
This was an incredibly filling dinner! I didn’t even finish it all!
Chicken salad made from smoked chicken, mayo, green onions, a little cumin, crushed red pepper and hot sauce.
Sliced red bell peppers to snack on
Mandarin oranges
An Ego chocolate Swiss roll
Crackers for the chicken salad
Rice cakes
New salt and pepper shaker and silverware
Since an e-book for this can be found here I’m not going to go seriously in depth in regards to recipes and the like.
Published by the Devin Adair Company. My copy is a 1983 reprint of the 1887 cookbook.
Each picture is linked to its full size counterpart so if you want to read them you certainly should be able to do so. If you see something you would like to read further or know more about please leave a comment or email me (information is on my About Me page). I really don’t mind sharing. The e-book will probably be more helpful than I can in this case.
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So I’ve needed a salt and pepper shaker for my bento stuff for awhile now. I’ve been putting it off for the simple reason that I LOVE LOVE *LOVE*camping stores. I knew that my local Bass Pro Shop would have what I needed (its closer to my home than all the others including Cabela’s my other favorite) I just had to work up the nerve to go.
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I don’t like food that’s too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I’d buy a painting.
~Andy Rooney
Ham and eggs - A day’s work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig.
~Anon.
I don’t like gourmet cooking or “this” cooking or “that” cooking. I like good cooking.
~James Beard
The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
~Isaac Asimov
Many aspects of my method are based on my feeling and experience. For instance, I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it—and, more important, I like to give it.
~Julia Child
Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.
~Robert Redford
If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.
~Leigh Hunt
A total last minute meal. I had thought I was going out for dinner and had to cancel that idea for a number of reasons so this is what I managed to slap together…
Sandwich made from a small French bread loaf and Nutella
mandarin oranges
rice with with Katsuo Fumi furikake (bonito & sesame seeds furikake) - its my favorite!
Loacker (Italian) Quadratini wafer cookies - Tiramisu flavored
A few Hammond’s Candies- root beer barrels - mixed in with the cookies. Best candy on the planet and I grew up with it out in Denver. I can never get enough!
Eel and Crab rolled sushi; ginger and a soy sauce filled fish
Rice with Salmon furikake
Dessert Pocky and a rice cake to snack on
Seriously this cake is as easy as a boxed cake but completely from scratch. And its so rich you only need one piece. Really you do!!
This recipe comes to me via my paternal grandmother. She is not sure how long she has had it, 1950s at least. It resembles recipes available as early as the 20s so I’m honestly not sure about it. But it is a no fail cake and definitely the kind of thing where people ask for the recipe!
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Published by R.C. Barnum Co. Original copyright date of publication is 1910. This was a subscription book and had to be purchased from a salesman (according to the inside cover page). Approximate size is 10 inches by 7 inches and its about 3 inches thick.
It includes 3 books in 1 - The People’s Home Medical Book by T.J. Ritter, MD, The People’s Home Recipe Book by Mrs. Alice Gitchell Kirk, and The People’s Home Stock Book by W.C. Fair, VS. At this current time it is my oldest authentic book. I have reproductions of earlier cookbooks but nothing else that is actually as old or older than this one.
Each picture is linked to its full size counterpart so if you want to read them you certainly should be able to do so. If you see something you would like to read further or know more about please leave a comment or email me (information is on my About Me page). I really don’t mind sharing.
There’s lots more pictures and information after the jump…
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It’s so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone’s fingers have been all over it.
~Julia Child
The story of barbecue is the story of America: settlers arrive on a great unspoiled continent, discover wondrous riches, set them on fire and eat them.
~Vince Staten
The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor.
~Chinese Proverb
The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and in the passive.
~William Ralph Inge
Food is so primal, so essential a part of our lives, often the mere sharing of recipes with strangers turns them into good friends. That’s why I love this community.
~Jasmine Heiler, about recipezaar.com
There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves.
~Thomas Wolfe
Great restaurants are, of course, nothing but mouth-brothels. There is no point in going to them if one intends to keep one’s belt buckled.
~Frederic Raphael
French bread french toast
the nastiest looking tamagoyaki I have ever made
mandarin oranges
carrots
the very last of the hummus
syrup, butter and an oshibori
And I brought a few rice cakes to snack on if needed.
