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 […]
Nice post from Dorrie Greenspan the other day about saving the ends of mustard jars to go into vinaigrette. I do that too, rinse out the mustard jar with the vinegar to go into the dressing. Ends of mustards also go into baked beans and the dressing for my brother’s roasted potato salad, which it’s […]
I get tweets from Heidi Swanson when she posts a new recipe at 101 Cookbooks. I got this one Tuesday evening while I was at the Willy Street Co-op for a Board of Director’s meeting, so I could easily pick up a box of tofu – and I had some cold cooked asparagus, and a […]
On Saturday night we took a break from conferencing/touristing and went over to Cambridge to see a Madison ex-pat who’s come home to Boston to live with her aging mom. We started wandering around Harvard Square and ended up at a place called Harvest, that our local guide described as really good food but kind […]