Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

food

  • Here’s another Spoon. Label Genetically Engineered Food | Common Dreams. Unlike people in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, China, Russia, New Zealand and other countries where labels are required, Americans don’t know if the food they eat has been genetically altered. As it stands, we’re hiding the cost…

  • My First Roux

    I made dinner for us last night. I love to cook, but have no training. So I watched a video on YouTube about making the perfect cheese sauce and I said “Aren’t those synonyms?” and plotted the opportunity to try it. So then I had my daughter pick out the macaroni for the Mac &…

  • I kind of hate Thanksgiving.  I do love my family, the festivities, watching the Detroit Lions, the parade.  I especially love the food.  Oh, I love the food.  For the longest time, my favorite food in the whole world was stuffing.  It still comes close.  No, the reason I hate Thanksgiving is the holiday’s origin.…

  • Walking toward the back of Kroger to buy some ground beef, one notices very quickly that the expensive stuff is on the left and degrades as you move to the right. On the far left is Laura’s Lean Beef.  It is organic and farm-raised, and 93% fat free.  It is $5.49 per pound. To it’s…