On this same night, November 30th, one year ago in cookie season, I allowed as how I was being a wimp – knocking off early. But it looks as if I made three kinds of cookies that night (or at least glazed a kind, and mixed a dough, and baked one kind) – and tonight […]
A year ago October, I went to Pittsburgh for a metadata conference, and stayed an extra day to wander around and visit, including a visit to my parents’ grave. Where I was quite surprised to find that they’d never set the marker for my mom. Even though we’d paid the cemetery some $4000 to open […]
First cookie kind: These are the ones that are kind of a sleeper – just a plain brown bar cookie, with a lemon & powdered sugar glaze that tastes mostly like raw cornstarch and too-sharp lemon at first. They age and mellow and the combination gets pretty special. I also made these fruit balls, that […]
My dad liked his gin on the rocks with a twist of lemon. He liked everything to be really cold, so he kept his gin glasses in the freezer, and froze the lemon twists, too. Today, November 21, 2o11, is the 13th anniversary of my dad’s death – his 13th yahrzeit. It’s the day Jews […]
Here’s what it looked like at the Recall Rally this afternoon, filmed with my new teeny camera: Approaching the square, about 1:00 – speechifying already started Walking around the top side of the square a few minutes later Here are a few pictures: And of course I’ll stick the new teeny camera in my pocket […]
…or, I tried. I had big ideas about using up lots of odds & ends from the fridge, in various dishes – but I still ended up throwing food away – UN-characteristically, at least I hope. I made the last of the caramelized onions from the galettes into onion dip with creme frâiche and sour […]
The head chef at the co-op went all out to create an upscale vegan dinner for us: Himalayan red rice, with a squash and coconut milk stew to ladle over; red peppers stuffed with walnuts, corn, and I think a soy product; and a spinach salad with roasted tomatoes, portobello mushrooms and a basil balsamic […]
The dinner last night was lovely – 10 people, pleasant conversation, pacing good, food just right. I set up a drinks table, with glasses and ice and a few bowls of nuts and olives, and had people come in and make themselves a drink. And pay the man – I had Mark hosting and serving, […]
I’ve spent the morning cooking for the fall fancy dinner. All is in readiness, save the entrées. Rach has a free yoga class at 12:30, so since I’m all prepped, I’m gonna take a break from cooking and go. I have about 20 minutes while the 2nd batch of bread’s in the oven, so thought […]