Accidental Hedonist

The marketplace has determined that there is room for organic products, even if it means higher prices. For the extra cost it helps ensure that a) animals are treated humanely and b) It helps sustain family farms and allows consumers a viable alternative to corporate mega-farms. It’s an idea that has exploded in the food [...]

Some people worship Jesus Christ, others Buddha or Mohammed. me? I worship Baklava. It’s a religion that pays off nicely. Oh sure, it doesn’t explain the injustices in the world, nor does it provide any moral compass. But you know what? It doesn’t matter because your eating Baklava. Bakalava has been around for ages. Around [...]

I’m currently looking through and researching various recipes for pistachios, and I have noticed a very troublesome pattern. Many people believe that cooking with Jello brand Pistachio pudding mix is equal to cooking with actual pistachios. Words fail me.

So I’m sitting at home in my studio apartment. I am geeking out on the internet, as I am prone to do, when there is a little knock upon my door. It’s fairly late, and I live in a building that you have to be buzzed in, so I am suspicious. I carefully open the [...]

I’m a Democrat…I think regulation of some industries is a good thing. But even I think that a call for government regulation of salt is just downright silly. The big three components when it comes down to stuff-in-food-that-may-be-bad-for-you-if-you-over-indulge include salt, fat, and sugar. Of those three, sugar is the one that may actually cause the [...]

Last night was spent having dinner and conversation with several Seattle Food Bloggers. For the first time I got to meet the folks behind such wonderful sites as Amuse-Bouche, Culinary Fool, I Heart Bacon, Orangette, and Tasting Menu. We congregated at Malay Satay Hut and discussed (surprise, surprise) food blogs! The amount of passion that [...]

If ever there was a nut with identity issues, it’d be the poor little pistachio. Americans? We love ‘em dyed red. If you have them in ice cream, you’ll see it as a soft pastel green. Although some varieties of pistachios do have lightly rust-colored skins (especially if they are bruised) their primary color, the [...]

For those of you interested in these kind of things..I’m quoted in an article by Samantha Grice of the National Post. The article is mostly about Clotilde of Chocolate & Zucchini, but the Food Blog Awards and a quote or two from yours truly are mentioned. The article, however, fails to realize the full capability [...]

Do you know what I found out when making this Dish? That Tara dislikes pine nuts. On the outside, I displayed the appropriate amount of understanding, saying things like “I understand. There are some foods that just taste odd”. I then nodded my head in a sympathetic manner. However, on the inside I was thinking [...]

I love my beverages, of this there is no doubt. I enjoy tea, beer, soda pop, you name it. Water, however, is one beverage in which I am particularly particular. Give me a bottle of Pellegrino and I’m satisfied. Flavored waters? Feh. They’re typically Kool-aid disguised as fad. I dismissed them outright as a blip [...]

I have to admit, I chickened out. I had this great idea for the latest Is my Blog Burning, and I didn’t have enough courage to hit the “Post” button. It was a great idea for IMBB. Although one could quibble that the idea of getting friends to eat food that they are prejudiced against [...]

Just a quick note… things are a changing. As mentioned a week or so back, there will be a new look to Accidental Hedonist in the near future. That means that the look of the site will change, and at times will look weird and spooky.