So this was one of those nights when everything seemed to get kinda messy and dinner was way late and I got that tension pain in the back of my neck and I tasted lots of stuff while I was cooking, so I wasn’t really hungry when the food was done. Plus I was cooking […]
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 […]
Last night I served another Dinners on Wisconsin Dinner – 7 students, and really a nice bunch. Foodies and knowledgeable about food, but not pretentious about it at all. A few of them go to the slow food student dinners, and mentioned guest chef-ing – I’d love to do that. I think they’re getting Tory […]
For weeks I’ve had achey glands in my neck and groin. Kinda fatigued. Pain in my right shoulder and upper thigh on the same side – sometimes I limp when I get up from sitting. Yesterday I had a bellyache, and today I’m still a little iffy – but we think that’s because the milk […]
Trying to create detente between instagram & Tumblr. They’re still not really talking – I can email photos from instagram to Tumblr, but I don’t like the way the post looks as well as I like a simple URL post on Tumblr – see below. But at least I can post, and use all those […]
Yesterday it rained all morning, my legs were unshaven, and I had an early morning meeting so I did a bunch of things I rarely do: I wore pants, and I drove. I think I actually accomplished pretty much at work, but it was stuff like trying to edit the departmental website through the content […]
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 […]
Tonight for dinner I made two of the recipes from Heidi Swanson’s new cookbook, Super Natural Every Day. One of them I liked in principle; the other I plain old liked. The one I liked in principle was the Spinach Chop. This is blanched and chopped greens cooked briefly with olive oil and garlic, and […]
Last Saturday, the asparagus was in at the farmers’ market. I bought two pounds, and I also bought a chicken from Matt Smith. I roasted the chicken in the oven on timer while I went to the protests. A couple days later, I roasted the asparagus, too, and we ate one pound of it as […]