With Oral Fixation, I hope to provide a repository of recipes, tips, reviews, and thoughts that help make good food accessible to everyone.
I tag/label my entries with relevant clues to the subject: the preceding entry, for example, was tagged with ingredients ("bacon"), cuisines ("Italian"), and references ("Bittman"). By clicking on a label (the full list of labels is on the left side of the screen), you will be provided with a list of all other entries that share the label. (For example, if you're looking for an asparagus recipe, click the "asparagus" label to be linked to all asparagus recipes in the blog.) Other labels may occasionally be assigned, like "cookware" or "Alton Brown."
Generally speaking, the food habits of America are in a deplorable state: we're terrified of fat, calories, hydrogenated oils, pesticides, genetic modifications, Mad Cow, e. coli, salmonella; yet the consumption of crap is at an all-time high. To counter this, many companies have now come out with additional crappy foods to keep you "regular." These foods (yogurts, cheeses, even juices) do the marginally easy job of keeping your bowels flowing predictably when the food we eat just won't cut it.
Cooking* doesn't have to be difficult, expensive, or time-consuming. In fact, it can help you unwind after a long day. Cooking at home can save you money, and oftentimes you can feed a family of two or three for the cost of one plate at a mid-grade restaurant. Finally, cooking can and will change your relationship with food for the better. It's a sensual, intuitive process that connects you to your ingredients and your tools. The pleasure of watching a meal come together and later be enjoyed by the people you love (or just yourself) is a sadly underrated one.
So experiment. Enjoy. Expose yourself to new flavors, scents, and textures. The more you know, the better you'll get. Life's too short to eat crap.
-Alex
Please send questions, comments, whatever to: alexinthegreenroom@gmail.com with "Oral Fixation" in the subject line.
*Please note that the author's personal definition of "cooking" generally does not involve a Crock-Pot.
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