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 […]
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 […]
Wow has this last week of the year flown by! I had intended to pop in after Christmas and write about our phenomenal meal at Cyrus. But then . . . Christopher and I went skiing instead. (BLISS!)
This morning I thought, today will be the day. I dropped Mom and Dad at the airport, Noe at […]
Sauvignon Blanc and Rose were made for the summer months. Their crisp acidity and fruity palette just beg to be sipped outside on a steamy evening.
But come winter, we long for something more substantial. Just as we look to hearty braises and stews in the kitchen to bring a sense of warmth and sustenance, so […]
I’m taking a page from Katie at Thyme to Cook and wrapping up a few odds and ends in one post. We’ll just see if I’m as adept as she is at stitching them all together.
A couple of weeks ago, just before being whacked by the flu, the lovely Jo tagged me for a writing […]
This post is a lot like everything else the week after Thanksgiving—full of leftover tidbits. Only instead of turkey and stuffing and pecan pie, they happen to be random thoughts, a few stray questions, and two leftover recipes.
ON THANKSGIVING
In all honesty, Thanksgiving is not one of my favorite holidays. It comes at the time of year when […]
A few weeks back, I tagged a few of my fellow bloggers and asked them to share their favorite braises. Some, in turn, tagged others and thus a Braisy Chain was born. Here’s what’s simmering so far:
Wine Braised Duck with Chestnuts and Polenta
Amanda, from Figs, Olives, Wine, concocted this gorgeous Wine Braised Duck with […]
Yet another self-indulgent post here . . . for three reasons:
1) My daughter is turning turned one (ONE!) on Tuesday and we had her party this past weekend, with loved ones mingling and toasting and sipping pink champagne. I swear, when we all broke out into Happy Birthday, Noe clapped her hands and got this look […]
I think I planted too many romano beans this year. I’ve already confessed to how terrible I am at thinning, and that definitely came into play with these guys. The seedlings kept sprouting up and looking so vigorous and healthy that, rather than tug every other one out, I’d just add another string and let […]
I wish I could capture the feeling (and scent!) in my house right now. It’s 5:00, the sky is the color of a dove and the mist just solidified into rain. But there’s a warmth pervading the air that has nothing to do with the thermostat.
I have the first braise of the season in the […]
