I think I am a Buddhist when it comes to driving. That said, I usually walk or moped to the places I need to go. But when I do drive, I get no road rage. I do not speed. Why would I push the pedal to the floor with every green light when I know […]
Tag: bake this day our daily bread
Charred Eggplant and Tahini Spread
If I were a vegetable, I would like to be an eggplant. This recipe is in fact included in my advanced directive. Charred Eggplant and Tahini Spread Adapted from Bon Appetit 2014 1 large eggplant, cut lengthwise into quarters ¼ cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper […]
Twice-Cooked Latkes with Shallot Cream
Karl-Peter has commanded a Belgian strike today in the kitchen. I woke up to make waffles, a choice KP discouraged because it was too Belgian. I have no such superstition. There is no way the universe sees my breakfast as a weight to tip the scales in the favor of Belgium over the US soccer team. […]
Spicy Sauteed Kale at a Pig Roast
Okay, how easy is this? Who doesn’t have time to be healthy now? Here is dinner for under 5 bucks and less than 20 minutes. And, if you live in Minnesota right now, you might have this growing in your yard or showing up in your CSA box this week. There is something so beautiful […]
Sweet Pepper Bread with a Chicken Report
In the company of chickens, we have lived the last two months in a constant state of awe and pride. I have an ever-so-slight personality disorder with obsessive features which exacts upon me the onus and delight of data collection. I can say with certainty the last two months have been productive in the egg […]
Tunisian Chicken Kebabs with Currants and Olives
Every now and then I have the strange experience of looking at the possessions I own, unable to recall why I ever wanted them in the first place; usually this experience transpires after I spend time with people for whom I would trade everything in, no questions asked. Everything for a few more seconds of […]
Chocolate and Walnut Oatmeal Cookies
I have a new idea for breakfast. I think these count. Chocolate and Walnut Oatmeal Cookies Recipe recommended by Kim Wiseman 6 tablespoons unsalted butter 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup whole-wheat flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg, lightly […]
Black-Eyed Pea Salad with Corn Bread Croutons and Summer Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms daily roll through and green the evening sky; feels like New Orleans, or the end of the world. I am writing this from a room in the house where the view from the front window would have me think it is night, while a glance out the back window shows me daylight. Eerie limbo […]
Oven-Fried Ginger Sourdough Onion Rings with Pam’s Pepper Jam
I’m at the giggle stage of deep fatigue here at the end of my last medicine clerkship. Anything could trigger an intractable fit. Several days ago, my husband KP accompanied me to a yoga class—admittedly more as a spotter than as a participant, in case I fell asleep in the middle of a headstand or […]
Salted Caramel Pecan Tart for the Craving
“Imagine a Carthage sown with salt, and all the sowers gone, and the seeds lain however long in the earth, till there rose finally in vegetable profusion leaves and trees of rime and brine. What flowering would there be in such a garden? Light would force each salt calyx to open in prisms, and to […]