The jam stars – as Susan calls them – or Spitzbuben, as Max & Patrick say, are made and in the freezer, as are the fruit & nut balls, the Molly Wizenberg recipe that I’ve been making since her first book came out in 2009. But, I made the Joy of Cooking lebkuchen last night, … [Read more…]
Al & Emma hosted on real Thanksgiving at their new house. I made a green bean casserole, caramel pumpkin pie, and spicy sweet potatoes. The caramel pie is from Food & Wine – it’s a keeper. I didn’t do candied pepitas on top, I made pie crust cutouts instead. Emma made chocolate cream pie that … [Read more…]
Don’t know what’s wrong with me, except I have had a pretty unpleasant cold for almost two weeks. I haven’t been photographing food much, and I’ve been writing even less, about life or food. So, food – I made Mark’s mom’s sour cream waffles for brunch today. And bacon from the new pig, and cut … [Read more…]
… the rounder we get. Not to quote the Grateful Dead or anything. And not that I’ll ever feel caught up. I am listening to my new album by Ace of Cups, San Francisco’s all-girl psychedelic band, who’re all old ladies like me now. Here’s a bunch of randoms: Madison, Minneapolis, and back in Madison. … [Read more…]
I guess. Tuesday was the election and in some respects the good guys won. We got rid of our evil governor here in WI, but as my colleague Meredith said Wednesday, “he’s already sold the farm to Foxconn.” And the map of our state still looks alarmingly red. New York Times WI election results Of … [Read more…]
Gawd, I started this post a week ago … thinking I’d write about Fall food. It’s just the ever present dread, and the news is so awful – omigod Pittsburgh … and letter bombs … and executive orders to take away natural born citizenship. Not to mention iSchool and advising week, 35-30-minute appointments with students … [Read more…]