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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Thai Red Curry

Used up the patty pan squash and spinach from my veggie box. This is the type of recipe where you’re supposed to mix Thai curry paste – that you’ve either prepared yourself, or, like I did tonight, spooned out of a jar – with canned coconut milk to make the sauce, then add meat or […]

Empty-nester July 4th weekend

We haven’t grilled yet for the holiday weekend, because we’ve had so few people around – all of our kids are off doing other stuff. John’s girlfriend works for Summerfest, so this is a busy time for them, although this is an historic year – no Summerfest on July 4th, because it’s a Monday. So […]

Lots of cooking…

…but not lots of pictures, and the ones I did get are of the leftovers, not the debut. On Thursday I taught a cooking class for using up the stuff in your CSA box, at the kitchen of a church on the west side. Gorgeous dining room; not so well-equipped kitchen. We made 5 dishes: […]

Beignets in NOLA

On my last morning in New Orleans, I went to one meeting and then got coffee & beignets. Then we went and bought rugs, from a place that custom weaves rag rugs, in the Quarter, Lousiana Loomworks, where we’d gotten stuff before. Mark’s got a kitchen rug from them, and I have two, although they’re […]