Like I said, I got a huge bunch of spinach in my last CSA box, and mushrooms, that Toni doesn’t like, and more asparagus. So I decided to make creamed spinach. But I just did it really simply, almost Deborah Madison Vegetable Literacy method. No roux, or onions, or anything like that. She says to […]
I’m trying to have a four-day weekend. After I left off Friday, I biked over to E. Wash and hung the blinds. I’m kind of glad, as out of shape as I have been feeling, with that new spare tire around my waist (an extra 5-6 pounds, that’s a lot for my 5′ barely 3″ […]
My spring break week wasn’t much of a break. Monday was my first day back after PLA. Tuesday I had to do a webinar – and it was John’s birthday. Wednesday I had to appear in court for my failure to remove snow ticket. Thursday I had two meetings – both of groups that I […]
Saturday morning Mark and I walked downtown to go to the indoor farmers market. Because we were out before 9:00 AM on a Saturday, we got to see a wonderful example of our drinking culture here in WI – a pile of puke on a snow bank with the eyeglasses fallen off the face and […]
Smiting leftovers at every turn. Woke up this morning and started plotting how to use up the sad leftovers in the fridge. I think I ended up with a pretty good plan. The last of the potato gratin and the one leftover baked potato from last night – that was itself the last of the […]
This Veteran’s day marks the Monday after a whole weekend without blogging for me. Others may mourn fallen soldiers; I mourn having free time. Friday we went to Toni’s cross-country banquet. It was at a sports bar over by the Coliseum. It lasted forever, because all the girls had silly presents for each other. On […]
For this year’s pie palooza, I made squash, tomato, onion & Gruyere tarts. Basically my favorite fall squash gratin, in a crust. I was going to make individual size galettes and serve them for the first course if I had served School Woods 7th birthday dinner, instead of cancelling. Either way, I think they’re going […]
But it’s Tuesday … oh well. We went to our state library conference in Green Bay last week, drove up early on Weds. to get there in time to see Chip Kidd, and just stayed one night. We had dinner at a place called Chives – kind of a gastro pub, casual feel and good […]
In the past I’ve ranted about how I don’t really like clafouti. No matter how carefully I bake it, it has a tendency to be rubbery, at least made with any other fruit besides apples. There’s an apple clafouti recipe from Saveur that I used to make for breakfast when the John & Al lived […]
I woke up at 4:30 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. I think it’s sinuses. I am sitting at the computer with a sore throat and tired. I am going to do a bullet list recap of what’s been cooking since last Thursday, and add pictures later. Thursday: CSA demo – mmm the […]