Patience, Grasshopper
My computer’s on the fritz. While it’s being fixed I’m on a loaner laptop, which is making everything just a wee bit more complicated than I’d like. Which means I ...
Mains, Pantry Cooking, Quick Tips, Recipes, Vegetarian
Frijoles Negros in 90 Minutes
Don’t you just love a lazy Sunday? I woke up in the morning with no plans, except for a trip to the Laundromat (which is always ...
Mains, Recipes, Starters, Vegetarian
Crispy* Baked Risotto Cakes
Here’s the scene, this past weekend: We’re at my in-laws’ for the postponed Christmas brunch. In bed, around midnight, the night before the gathering. Stephen’s eating ...
Overnight Baked Panettone French Toast
Since the candied bacon wasn’t, y’know, sweet enough, for this weekend’s brunch I also made two trays of baked French toast that used panettone, ...
Candied Bacon
I know, it doesn’t look like much. But trust me, you want to make this. I lost my bacon-cooking virginity to these sinfully seductive strips, and ...
See Ya, 2009
Sorry for the non-blogging I’ve been doing lately, but Harry’s preschool went on vacation last Tuesday so I’ve been, uh, busy. Cooking, but not writing. At this point, after nine ...
Happy Birthday to Me!
Yup. It’s my special day. To celebrate, now that I just met my last remaining deadline of 2009, I am off for a date in a darkened room with a ...
Erasing All Doubt That I Ever Had a Future in Cake Decorating
This is from a kit, people. I can’t even console myself that it tastes wonderful and homemade.
Of course it didn’t help that Harry was eating the candy ...
Mains, Quick Suppers, Recipes, Vegetarian
Penne with Mushrooms
It’s Hanukkah, Night Three. All weekend I’d been planning to make a Livornese fried chicken dish from Claudia Roden’s The Book of Jewish Food. ...
In case of emergencies…
My latke post is right here. Happy Hanukkah, everyone!