It was sunny today, and cold. I walked up to the city county building to do some training so I can work on early voting at the library on Saturday, and there was a girl in front of me with Pink Floyd and Grateful Dead and other hippie-dippie embroidered patches on her backpack. I was … [Read more…]
Stop your mind with dirty snow. Jefferson Airplane, Ice Cream Phoenix, track 9 on Crown of Creation. Early January, what should be the brutal time of winter here in Wisconsin, is a little weird this year. Yes, it’s been brutally cold, but only for the last few days: on Monday & Tuesday it was in … [Read more…]
I am testing two recipes for Food52, and they both remind me of other recipes of mine. The first one, tested (and eaten) on Saturday night, is Buttermilk and Rye Sticky Toffee Puddings (for two!) Which reminds me of Pumpkin Sticky Pudding, that I made a few times for School Woods dinners, with one notable … [Read more…]
Unwritten anyways. I’m doing one of my back and forth weeks, down to Chicago on Tuesday, back to Madison Wednesday morning, and now back to Chicago Friday. The weather’s been back and forth-y, too. It was winter over the weekend, for Valentine’s Day, which was a Sunday. The day before was probably the coldest of … [Read more…]
Last year, it was Deb & Rach Make Soup. This year, I was on my own, and the demo, for CSA Fairshare, was preserving summer produce, and then a few things to do with your riches from the freezer. I made a little slideshow: Garden Expo Slides. My plan was to demo blanching and skinning … [Read more…]
We’re having another of our global warmed winters in WI. We were supposed to have a blizzard on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, but all we got was about 3 inches of wet snow, that changed into slush and rain. One night last week we got about three inches of pretty snow, and one … [Read more…]