So, I’m standing in my kitchen staring at my skillet, flipping pancakes–a familiar scene on a Saturday or Sunday morning. My daughter had hosted a bunch of kids to an all night movie-thon after her very last prom. And in the morning I, per usual, feed any and all warm bodies in my house. I [...]
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Last Week of January
It’s the end of January and we had a brief respite from cold and snow, but now it’s back to the teens and the white is everywhere. I finished ordering the last of my seeds and the pictures have me pining to dig in the dirt. Something to look forward to! New Recipes This Week [...]
Second Week of January, 2010
New Recipes for this Week French Onion Soup — Barefoot Contessa — incredible, the best ever — substituted gruyere though for parmesan (it is a French soup after all) Butternut Squash Soup — a family favorite: saute onion in butter, throw in 16oz. of squash, cover with chicken stock, cook until soft, buzz down with [...]
Last Harvest
Harvest: Sweet Potatoes — success! Noticed something munching on the sweet potatoes so I thought it was best to salvage my first “crop” and up they came, so vibrantly colored. I have “hardened” them off in the garage and now am storing them in a cool place. Served them with a pork tenderloin with a [...]
First Week of October
Recipes roasted tomatoes — success: sweet, intense flavor, delicious yield basil pesto — disappointment: too sharp, too much garlic pulled pork — disappointment: using the high setting on my new and first ever slow cooker didn’t yield falling apart tender pork, in fact ultimately dry, tough beef short ribs — success, cover recipe Bon Appetit, [...]