Happy 42nd birthday to me! Breakfast: one perfect poached egg on top of sliced garden tomatoes and toast. Olive oil, salt and pepper. Husband-made cappuccino. (This meal inspired by my wonderful sister-in-law, Marie, and the book she sent me, with which I am absolutely smitten--An Everlasting Meal, by Tamar Adler. I'll write about this … Continue reading The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything
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Spaghetti Fauxlognese
I know. The name is cringe-worthy. I think Paul made it up and we laughed and knew how ridiculous it was, but it stuck. What can I say? You get it though, right? This is a meatless Bologese-esque preparation, born of our efforts to cut back on factory-farmed meat a few years ago. We've done … Continue reading Spaghetti Fauxlognese
The Weekly Ode: Quinoa
Few things make me happier than food and poetry, so every Monday, I will strive to post something that brings those things together! *** Well, it turns out to be damn near impossible to find a poem expressly about quinoa, but I did find this fun bit of "found poetry" that maintains the spirit I … Continue reading The Weekly Ode: Quinoa
On the Tasting Menu: Beets
In this Friday feature, I offer ten recipes using the week’s featured ingredient from fellow food-lovers in the blogosphere. *Note that I have not tested any of these recipes, but to me, they looked good enough to eat! Moroccan Beet Salad at Italicious Warm Lentil Salad with Beets and Potatoes at Meta Mint Beet Green … Continue reading On the Tasting Menu: Beets
Beet Risotto with Goat Cheese,Thyme and Lemon Zest
If you're already impatient with how long it takes to cook beets, then I don't know how you'll feel about my suggestion to slow down even more and make risotto out of them. It's really Niki Segnit's suggestion, and one that I admit I put off for most of the week because I couldn't foresee … Continue reading Beet Risotto with Goat Cheese,Thyme and Lemon Zest
Warm Beet Soup with Cumin and Sour Cream
I can't think about beets without remembering the Gilligan's Island episode where the radioactive seeds wash into the lagoon, and the resulting vegetables wreak havoc on the castaways. Mrs. Howell eats the sugarbeets and, if I remember correctly, cleans everything on the island in a burst of super-charged energy. Before you run out to the … Continue reading Warm Beet Soup with Cumin and Sour Cream
The Weekly Ode: Beets
Few things make me happier than food and poetry, so every Monday, I will strive to post something that brings those things together! The Victory of the Beet-Fields *published by the Poetry Foundation By Louis Untermeyer Green miles of leafy peace are spread Over these ranks, unseen and serried; Screening the trenches with their dead And … Continue reading The Weekly Ode: Beets
The Blue Mixing Bowl of Happiness and Possibility Says…
It's time to pick next week's featured ingredient! Can you feel the excitement? Are you shivering with anticipation? Me too, me too! (please don't be cheez whiz please don't be cheez whiz please...) And the winner is.... Congratulations, Jess, who submitted the following comment: As a college student with little to no experience in cooking, … Continue reading The Blue Mixing Bowl of Happiness and Possibility Says…
Lay Your Hands on Kale
I met my husband through an online dating site, but before I found him (or he found me; we can't really remember at this point who found who), I had a small handful of dates with some guys who were, to varying degrees, just exactly wrong for me. The wrongest, though, was the guy who … Continue reading Lay Your Hands on Kale
Food You Don’t Know What to Do With: An Introduction, An Invitation & A Gift!
For the first time in a long time, I don't have an unfinished project staring me down. I got a little anxious about that recently, but then reminded myself that it's okay to take a breather and wait for something to arrive organically. Depending on what's going on around me, I can either subscribe to … Continue reading Food You Don’t Know What to Do With: An Introduction, An Invitation & A Gift!
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