I know. It’s a strange title for a post at the end of January. But the other night, when Christopher and I were paging through cookbooks for inspiration for our Red Meat Meal*, all that appealed were recipes featuring the sunny flavors of summer, which doesn’t jive well at all with cooking seasonally.
And then […]
It’s been reported that January 24th is the most depressing day of the year. It’s when your bills from the holidays show up, you still haven’t shed the extra pounds from Thanks-Chri-Han-New Years, the weather sucks (unless you’re lucky enough to live in the Southern hemisphere, as I know some of you are) and you’ve […]
Oftentimes, I’ll think about what to write in a post as I’m taking Noe to day care in the morning, pondering topics as we sing The Farmer in the Dell. But today, the decision was made as soon as I turned the corner onto Healdsburg Avenue. I gasped. I giggled. There was snow in the […]
I drove out to Point Reyes yesterday for three days of solitude with my computer, my printer, and my manuscript. I’ve been editing, editing, editing. Chopping, chopping, chopping. Winnowing, winnowing, winnowing. And it’s been ridiculously gorgeous outside while I’ve been staring at my computer screen. So I’m going to give a brief, albeit indulgent, description of where I […]
Today’s the day I’ve been dreading for quite some time. The FDA officially declared that meat and milk from the offspring of cloned animals is safe enough to for the shelves of America’s markets*. What’s more, apparently the FDA is SO sure of their decision that they don’t think it’s even necessary to label these […]
In August, I was coveting the ridiculously succulent-looking tomato hanging just outside my office window. Now in January, each time I look out my kitchen window I covet the orange globes covering our neighbor’s tree.
Maybe that’s what has me craving this cake. Or perhaps it was reading Orangette’s new column in Bon Appetit. Or even […]
Q: “I like to drink wine every night, but that means that I’m often left with a few bottles open at any given time. What’s the best way to keep them fresh, and how long will they keep?”
A: This question has come up quite a bit lately, so I thought it would be a good […]
Well here it is. I’ve been mulling it over and I think the best way to tackle this particular “review” is to just go head to head. Cyrus for my birthday. No-holds-barred home cooking Chez the Eloquent One (EO) for New Year’s. Here’s the skinny on the contestants . . .
Birthday/Christmas Dinner at CyrusFor those […]
