Yesterday I broke the baby toe on my right foot – I’m getting so old & brittle, just clonking it into the wooden leg of a couch did the trick. It hurt, but I didn’t think much about it, until I took my socks off around 4:00, getting ready for a shower, and saw how [...]
On Saturday I got 5 pounds of Roma tomatoes at the Farmers Market. I divided them into the ones I was going to blanch and skin and freeze – the less-perfect ones with a few more blemishes – and the ones I was going to quarter and slow roast in the oven. For dinner, I [...]
Last Saturday, the asparagus was in at the farmers’ market. I bought two pounds, and I also bought a chicken from Matt Smith. I roasted the chicken in the oven on timer while I went to the protests. A couple days later, I roasted the asparagus, too, and we ate one pound of it as [...]
On Wednesday, I got home and made a butterscotch pie, basically, butterscotch pudding in a crust, topped with a carton of all natural Cool Whip that I got out of the freezer and set on the counter to thaw (even though the label says not to). It was good – we ate it for our [...]
I don’t charge for kids under 12, but last Thursday we had ten kids at dinner – and the platters of food were almost licked clean. There was a little dessert leftover, brownies & blondies, and I *think* everyone went home full – at least I hope so. There were 14 adults. I made chicken [...]
Another dish for the Dorie Greenspan cooking club, French Fridays with Dorie, Roast chicken for Les Paresseux, the lazy people, of which I guess I am one, since this is pretty much the way I always make roast chicken. Stuff something in the cavity, herbs, garlic, a lemon, salt & pepper, and leave it alone [...]
Last Saturday at the Farmers’ Market, I bought half a chicken from Matt Smith. He grows big fat birds, so a half chicken was probably at least 3 pounds, a.k.a. as big as a whole grocery store chicken, a fryer anyways. I roasted it, while I was at work, on time bake in the oven, [...]
Tonight is our big fireworks show here in Madison – and Mark & I just decided we’re not motivated enough to walk over to the crew boats pier, and watch them go off across the lake. There are a couple of smaller shows tomorrow. I think we’re both tired because of being at the librarians [...]
My plan for superbowl food this year was Buffalo chicken tenders and baked beans. I made the beans overnight in the oven on Saturday, and thawed out the two packages of tenders I’d had in the bottom of the freezer for who knows how long. But best laid plans … I had to attend the [...]
