If you can’t stand the heat…
Sometimes on hot summer nights, the best thing to cook for supper is nothing at all. That doesn’t mean you don’t eat, though. Last night’s supper was La Quercia prosciutto, fresh mozzarella from...
View ArticleBuona frittura
… and that would be the extent of my Italian. But not my fortuna. Because I made this zucchini-ricotta fritter recipe from Mario Batali from Food and Wine the other day, modified with the gluten-free...
View ArticleGerbera
Even if buying flowers for yourself can sometimes be a lonely occupation, and it’s more than just nice to have them bought for you– when you choose them yourself you get just what you want, and...
View ArticleUnrepentant Food Pr0n Slideshow
The wonderful J. of Fond of Snape and I got together a bit ago and made a pilgrimage to Massachusetts’ very first Wegmans, that temple of gastronomic glee. They have so many dried goods and house...
View ArticleThe Ballad of Waldorf and Statler
I joke that my Dad is the picture of curmudgeon when you look up the term in the dictionary, and in my head, it’s true. But I’m not easy to live with either, these last months and more. (The bipolar...
View ArticleGrinder
The choice of what to take, what to leave—it was excruciating, trying to figure out what went in the box(es). In the end, it was essentially arbitrary, because I tried to be fair and leave my husband...
View ArticleCurry, not so hurried
“I have just the thing to do with those chicken thighs that you bought,” called his voice up the stairs. ($0.99/lb family pack chicken thighs, bought in gross lot and broken down into four-packs,...
View ArticleIn re: the Hunger Games movie haters…
I didn’t like the books all that much. (HERESY. Still. The love triangle and the way it resolved felt forced, and don’t give me the “But it’s YA, they can’t talk about some things” BS, and I would have...
View ArticleWhen life hands you quail eggs, buy salmon roe, too
Sunday mornings, I make a big breakfast. Sometimes it’s quiche, sometimes it’s just a lot of bacon and eggs, sometimes it’s David Eyre’s pancake (which, alas, does not adapt to gluten free– it’s still...
View ArticleDr. Strangeoven (or, how I learned to stop stressing and serve crooked cakes)…
I just baked a cake so ugly that I will never think of a “Yo’ Mama” joke ever again. No, really. This thing is UGLY. I should have realized the endeavor was doomed when it was OOZING CHOCOLATE LAVA...
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