I am so psyched that grilling weather is back. Yes, I know, I went on all winter about braising this, and braising that. But enough already. I’m craving fire.
One thing in particular I love to do is skewer a few pieces of meat or vegetables on a stick and set it to sizzle on the […]
A strange thing has been happening to me lately. I’ve picked up this strange obsession with capers. It all started with the Sicilian-style potato gratin in Bon Appetit last month (photo from the magazine pictured right . . . see why I couldn’t resist?). Then it expanded to pan sauces and salads. And now jars that […]
No, I’m not talking about the painted kind (although Pille from Nami-Nami has some gorgeous marbled, beet-dyed eggs that I’m tempted to try), or the little plastic ones you hide money and candy in for Easter egg hunts. I’m talking about the good old, brown, white, speckled or blue variety that are laid religiously by our feathered […]
February 28, 2008 – 3:18 pm
At the risk of sounding obsessed with braising, I just have to tip my hat to this delectable method of cooking once again. You see, we’ve got the Braisy Chain going strong (I’m hoping to get one more round-up in before spring hits, so send me your braises!), several of the Weekend Herb Blogging entries […]
February 8, 2008 – 10:22 pm
On a recent jaunt around the blogosphere, I came across some fantastic entries on meyer lemons; such gorgeous photography I could practically smell their sweet perfume.
But it was a post by Sam on Becks and Posh that made it to my dinner table this week, albeit in altered form. You see, Sam had melded two […]
February 1, 2008 – 6:43 pm
That’s what inspired this post. That drizzly, monochromatic, makes-you-want-to-stay-in-bed-all-day view, coupled with the fact that when I drove through town today, most of the businesses had sandbags against their doors which leads me to believe that we won’t see color again for quite some time.
So this is what I’m retaliating with — a soup with just […]
January 29, 2008 – 11:26 am
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 […]
January 12, 2008 – 2:38 pm
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 […]
December 6, 2007 – 5:48 am
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 […]
November 1, 2007 – 1:29 am
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 […]
