Food for Thought: Episode 1
Welcome to French Grits’ inaugural “Food for Thought” blog post. The idea is to provide a little culinary content curation for your reading pleasure. Each week I’ll post links to food related articles, videos, etc. that I’ve found interesting and want to share with you. This week is a good one! And I’m not just saying that because Ina Garten is one of the headliners, although it never hurts.
We’ve had some beautiful weather this week in the Lake Norman area, and our weekend forecast is looking just as good with temperatures in the 70s! Spring is in the air. It makes me want to be outside as much as possible as well as reorganize every cabinet and closet in my house.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend, whatever your plans may be!
The Best Cooking Tips We’ve Learned from Ina Garten
Ina Garten, the queen of my cookbook collection, is dishing out some sound advice to all of us home cooks out there. From reminders to use quality ingredients and keep it simple (but always delicious) in the kitchen to cooking with a cocktail in hand, she advises us to keep cooking fun! I can’t say it enough. I heart Ina.
Alton Brown Revealed the Most Common Misconception about Southern Food
As someone who has spent the majority of her life growing up in the American South (and enjoys its food) I would agree with Alton. Don’t misunderstand. I love fried catfish and hushpuppies. But there is a lot more to the real roots of Southern cooking.
Gastronomy Takes the Virtual Stage at Seattle’s French Fest: A Celebration of French Speaking Cultures
This is fantastic! As if Seattle isn’t already one of the coolest cities in the US, they are putting on a free virtual festival celebrating French speaking cultures. This year’s theme is gastronomy. For more information, to register for the event, and to see the opening line up of events for March 20, 2022, click here.
See the trailer for the new HBO Max Series about Julia Child
Julia Child is having a big moment in pop culture…again! Have you heard about the new series portraying Julia’s years filming “The French Chef”? What do you think of the trailer? Will you be watching the show?
The Art and Customs of the French Sunday
This is one of those things about the French lifestyle that I appreciate and want to embrace more in my own weekends - leisurely Sundays spent with family and food. Sounds perfect.
