It was a weekend of graduations. On Saturday, I made a dinner for my upstairs renter at the supper club house, who got her PhD in a convocation Friday evening. The menu was: light apps – goat cheese, red pepper, olive & pesto torta, with long rise baguettes, and crackers and peppadews; salami; nuts […]
Overflowed mightily, as you can tell from the crusty pan, and the kitchen filled up with billows of smoke. Good crust, with a slightly higher ratio of vegetable shortening to butter than I usually use, so a little flakier than the high butter content crusts. I used my regular recipe, and I had a little […]
I did a brunch at E. Wash, for about 11 adults + 3 little kids + me, Mark & Kanari. The baked goods turned out to be pumpkin-date scones and cherry muffins, and a loaf of long-rise, no-knead bread made special for the occasion, and a loaf of ww bread that I had in the […]
Patti was great – and oh argh I think I’m getting Mark’s cold. She comes on [like some heroin/heroine] like she’s so punk rock – she spits on people and says fuck all the time – but she’s such an old hippie. Peace. I made a set list – Transcend – I wrote, but I […]
We’re spending a [slightly shifted] weekend in Chicago, Saturday to Tuesday. Like last year, we’ve got a visiting student on tow. This time, our excuse for visiting is to see Patti Smith at the Vic tonight. (last year it was spring break) We arrived on Saturday, doing the half car, half train thing on Metra […]
On Wednesday I made panini – pesto and roasted peppers from the freezer, smoked Gouda from Farmer John via the co-op, and Tillamook cheddar & a loaf of bread from Costco. On Thursday, Spicy beef & peppers, although my perfect Japanese rice was not perfect – it stuck to the bottom of the pan. I […]
Man, I miss apples. Seems like forever since I’ve had a good one. During our weird hot snap in March 2012, the trees bloomed and then they never set fruit. The 2012 apple crop was down about 50%. Hardly any apples in the fall, and now that it’s spring, when the apples aren’t supposed to […]
Rach and I have been talking about macaroons on our walks – among other things. She is craving to try to make the real, classic French, actually Parisian, macaroons – silky little pillows in lots of flavors, with fillings. David Lebovitz has a lengthy post and recipe about the difference between Parisian macaroons and other […]
For a lazy Tuesday evening, I made Thai red curry with tofu, sweet potato, and spinach, and ate it on the couch in front of TV with a big glass of lime water, and the repeat of Game of Thrones. The Trader Joe’s Texas-grown Basmati was all long grains that almost stood up in […]
So it’s been a not too bad Sunday, schedule wise. The theme has been using up cocktail party leftovers. Started last night, with a pasta using the rest of the bag of Costco asparagus (“responsibly grown” – I hope so – the local’s nowhere near, it’s been so cold, and the organic shipped in […]