Monday, August 25, 2008
Bites Nicki Wood Joins Bites Team
Posted by Carrington Fox on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Today you’ll encounter a new byline on Bites, as Nicki Wood joins us as a regular contributor. Of course, Nicki’s byline isn’t new to food journalism. She was a longtime food critic for the Nashville Banner (may it rest in peace) and has contributed to the Scene and Fine Cooking, among other publications.
A newly minted Certified Culinary Professional, Nicki has been editing cookbooks for a decade, and she is the dogged kitchen adventurer behind the blog Tupperware Avalanche, where she chronicles the culinary travails of an Anglophilic, carb-dodging bicycling fanatic who likes to pickle things, bake stuff and explore the aisles at K & S Market. Bites readers may just know her as “Fluffernutter.”
Fluffernutter’s arrival is part of the beefed-up food coverage you can expect to see at the Scene in coming weeks. We’re also preparing to launch a weekly dining newsletter, full of local news, foods, events and features to help you plan your culinary outings across Nashville. When that’s ready, we’ll let you know where and how to sign up.
In the meantime, a hearty Bites welcome to Nicki.
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My enthusiasm for this announcement is only surpassed by my fear that she'll start to publicly tell stories about our past associations.
I wasn't there. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Thanks Jim -- hey let's all go eat something later this week.
CeeEl -- luckily, I hardly remember any of those days, and even more luckily, I'm limited to just a couple hundred words in the postings.
CeeElCee was there and I think there are photos. Bravo to fluffernutter as well.
Way to go Nicki! If you make up the stories, I'll photoshop evidence that CeeElCee was there.
I'm thrilled, even if I can't shake the idea this was orchestrated by Jack Silverman as some sort of Branston Pickle takeover.
Hello? Jim Myers? FOCUS! Where was that caramel cake you mentioned on the other thread that's being pimped out of the beauty salon?
If I say nice things, will you bring me a cake with the fluffy marshmallowy peppermint icing?
I for one welcome our new cuisine overlord. We look forward to you once again starving (and tickling) us all to death with your mad writin' skillz, madam.
WOO-HOO!
(P.S.: Nicki, will you be choosing Thing One and Thing Two, The Next Generation, to accompany you on your culinary excursions? That would be a hoot. [Although the originals can hardly be replaced, I think they'd probably need to pack Tums now.] Mr. Pink will make you -- and us -- laugh as hard, plus he's more genteel than T1 and T2 could ever be.)
Thanks for all the nice comments. GrandFille, I believe I AM Thing Two here to Carrington's Cat in the Hat and Jim's Thing One. Feels darn good. World's my oyster. Can't wait to run down the hall with kites and balance a goldfish bowl on an umbrella.
My favorite sandwich during the age 3-6. This sandwich was one of my first "cooking" accomplishments.
I only liked this sandwich when I had the first knifefull or spoonfull of peanut butter or fluff.
Open a brand new jar of Jiff peanut butter, smooth. Open a new red topped container of Fluff. Take two slices of wonder bread, that have been slightly frozen. This act, slightly freezing the bread first, will in and of itself revolutionize your thinking and judgement regarding the ease of spreading peanut butter and fluff on wonder bread. Liberally spread one side with peanut butter, the other with Fluff. Put two sides together. Trim the crusts, wipe knife, cut sandwich into quarters.
Squeal ever so slightly while consuming your Fluffernutter sandwich.
Your s/n inspired a memory.
Thanks!
