Oh Lord, here we have a taste. “Taste” in this case needs no prepositional phrase, no simile. This dish is perfect, it is a heart attack on a plate, and it is as Cajun as it gets. This dish opened a tunnel into the future through which I can see Mardi Gras, I can smell […]
Grateful am I to Carolyn of “Chasing Light” for nominating me for the Inspirational Blogger Award! I am honored, so honored by this blogosphere shout out, especially during this exhausting epoch of general surgery—the notice of the award was a bright moment in a tunnel-sort of week. I am living in Need-Food-for-the-Entire-Week mode. I feel […]
With yesterday’s linguine and shrimp dish, we also had this cauliflower. Mom’s CSA dumped several clouds-worth of cauliflower last week and she said, quote “I have never had a cauliflower recipe that I liked.” Challenge accepted: Roasted Cauliflower with Curry and Lime Adapted from Cook’s Country Magazine Cut a bunch of cauliflower. Mix 1 tsp […]
There are delicacies in my mother’s kitchen beyond compare. This dish is one: Linguine with Shrimp and Saffron Sauce Adapted from Gourmet by Andie Ellis 1/8 tsp crumbled saffron threads ½ cup white wine 1/3 pound dried linguine (or spaghetti, like we used) 2 tsp turmeric 2 tbsp oil (we always use olive) ½ […]
“I have a problem with compulsive mixers, measures, and compulsive choppers.” –Andie Ellis (mom). Apparently I am a little over-scientific and overzealous with my chopping for my mother’s taste. This I learned while we worked on tonight’s corn salad. I love to chop things so fine that you can’t really be quite sure if the […]
“Why even imagine a mystical experience, when we are born into one, submerged in one, day after day?” Marilynne Robinson Currently reading Anatole Broyard’s Intoxicated By My Illness which says, essentially, the very same thing. The reason to live is all around us. Very often, it is what is for dinner. Nice to be cooking […]
Mom invented this killer salad and has graciously allowed me to share it with the world. She deserves credit not only for being a phenomenal cook but also for agreeing to babysit my sourdough starter for the next two weeks while KP and I are in England. My future bread depends on her! Quinoa Salad […]
Spent the afternoon digging a four foot hole. I had forgotten what pleasure it is to just dig a huge hole like I used to when I was a kid with my brother on the beach for hours. This digging today wasn’t on the beach, but in the backyard of my in-laws. Some previous resident […]
We all make mistakes. And these mistakes, oftentimes, are what take laps through our thoughts while doing ruminative activities such as driving, stirring broth into Arborio rice or while kneading a loaf of German pumpkin bread. Food seems to have a way of receiving our emotions and transferring our aggression into useful substance that driving, […]
What the heck is quiche? My number one question last night after I made three of these bad boys to serve as one of our dinner entrées for the Team Red Thursday meeting we hosted at Fuchsia and Lime. If I had just said Egg Bake it would have translated better into Midwesternese. Hey, I […]