Stumped By The Sun-Times: Old News
A few of the stories in this week's Sun-Times food section seemed...a little stale. For example, the headlining story is about how organic food is popular in Chicago. O rly? You mean it's not all meat-and-potatoes anymore? A profound and timely insight. Furthermore, an article on Hoosier Mama Pie Co. retraces the faint footprints of the Reader's version of the same; although we should point out that this version has some DIY pie-making tips, which are helpful.
Misha Davenport's write-up of the Heaty Boys' new cookbook may be on the same topic as Michael Nagrant's article from a few weeks ago, but at least it covers new ground. Ms. Davenport interviews the couple, scoring a choice quote concerning their young son near the end:
"It's embarrassing," McDonagh says. "We're TV chefs and I know people are silently judging me for all the cans of Chef Boyardee in my grocery cart...I love the kid, but food-wise, he's a real pain in the a-- right now."Ha ha. Now contrast with the whole Alternadad/Pollack scandal on Gawker, where father Neal delights, via blog, in his son Elijah's incipient food snobbery, and then gets totally offended when the big G takes him to task over it. Between mocking your kid's taste in food (which is frustrating since you're a chef, but you gotta roll with the punches), and praising your kid's precocious epicuriosity (delighting in elitism that you, yourself, have inculcated is tedious), we'll pick the former. Self-deprecation always wins in the end!
And finally, as per usual, there's a piece on a hot-right-now ingredient; this time, blue potatoes. Yes, the ones that go into Terra blue chips. Yes, you can buy them yourself and eat them in lieu of blander-looking potatoes. Go, right now, while they're in season, to your nearest farmer's market. Go! [Photo: it's like staring into the blue sun! yarnzombie/flickr]
