Last night I did a benefit for Environment for America, called Gumbo for the Gulf. There were about 20 people. I used Susan Spicer’s recipe for duck & Andouille sausage gumbo – but I made it with chicken thighs and a local Andouille – this is Wisconsin, after all. I left the okra out, too. […]
The irony of it was that it was the “everything wrapped” brunch in honor of Christo & Jeanne Claude’s June 13th birthday. Sausage rolls – sausages wrapped in dough; asparagus in filo; mushrooms wrapped in parchment and baked; eggs & spinach rolled around cheese; and strawberry spiral pie – slices from a roll of biscuit […]
I just discovered Ruth Reichl’s Journal, by way of another blog (The Wednesday Chef; the newsletter that comes with my CSA box referred to it for a pasta with mustard greens & ricotta that I think I just might try). Anyways, Ruth recently wrote a short post about the Gulf oil spill, that’s really chilling […]
Both Mary Corsini, my parents’ good friend and charmingly wacky, superstitious, next-door neighbor lady, and Lea Worcester, the Mary Corsini of my generation, would often have occasions when they’d invite you to come by, for a little drinkie, little snackie – basically cocktails and appetizers. When my brother lived in Minneapolis, and was married but […]
On Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, we grilled. John got ahold of my $250 fixed lens, and stuck it on his $3000 Canon digital camera body, and documented the process. View full album> Memorial Day Weekend I made old favorites but with a few differences. Like the honey baked beans, that I usually make […]
…. a day in May? Last post I was kvetching about it being too hot here in WI; it was in the 90s and I ran the aircon for two days, and it just seemed too early in the summer. I mean, it’s not even officially summer yet, not as measured astronomically, by the solstice, […]
My mom used to say that the heat of summer made her exhausted. I think that’s how I’m feeling today. Except it’s been going on for longer than just today. I’m not feeling too creative, and I think the posts show it. My stuff to cook list is not all that deep right now – […]
We had our first 90-degree day of the summer today. I made brunch for a big crowd – 21 full size humans plus 8 or 9 little kids ranging in age from about 2 weeks to 10 years. It was one of my picture-less ones, but a nice menu: Jazzed up potatoes – Mexican fried […]
I’ve been posting recipes as WordPress pages, and the problem is it seems like I am not posting, since they don’t show up right away on the main part of the blog. There’s probably something in the settings to make them show up, but I haven’t figured it out yet. But I’ve been doing stuff, […]