Posted in finished objects, food fun, tagged cupcakes, Elinor Klivans, penuche frostin on December 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
No birthday is complete without cake, especially a first birthday, right?
So back I went to Elinor Klivans Cupcakes!, and baked up a batch of Sticky Fig Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Sauce.
They. Were. Divine.
Instead of using the suggested sticky brown sugar sauce to top the cupcakes, I decided to use a brown sugar seven minute frosting, [...]
Posted in food fun, tagged pumpkin, cupcake, ginger, halloween, spider web on October 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Our home, quite contrary to what we anticipated, sold four days after it was up on the market.
We were all surprised… surprised and quite unprepared. We have no real right to complain; in the worst economy since the depression, we were able to find a new job and sell our home for a profit. Yet [...]
Posted in food fun, recipe on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
on the menu tonight ::
:: lobster ravioli with sherry glazed onions.
This is what you get when you’re living in a kitchen not your own, with an unfamiliar stove, equipment that doesn’t quite measure up, none of your spices, oils, and vinegars, and a very tired mom. I haven’t been cooking many meals these days; we’ve [...]
Posted in finished objects, food fun, recipe on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Way back a long time ago, when I was three” as my daughter says, or the first week in March, as I tell it, we planted a little raised box garden of greens: A mesclun mix, spinach, arugula, and escarole. We had plans to line the side driveway with a row of boxes, but alas! [...]
Posted in food fun, tagged canning, kale, ketchup, stems, stock on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Made some ketchup… it’s the most lovely snack when paired with whole grain sourdough bread. So easy to make; for the first time I cooked it in my slow-cooker which was a revelation. Mix everything in the pot, prop the lid open with a spoon, go to sleep, come down in the morning and give [...]
Posted in food fun, tagged beans, bread, escarole, greens, sandwich, whole grain sourdough on February 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve had a slight obsession with sandwiches lately. Could be because of all the bread I’ve been baking since late last Spring… we need some way of eating it without feeling guilty… but I think it all started a few years ago when the husband and I stayed at the MGM Grande in Vegas. We [...]
Posted in food fun, recycling, tagged canning, garden on October 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When I was young, my parents had a huge garden out in our backyard. The last few weeks of summer and the beginning of the fall were filled with busy days full of picking, preparing, pickling and packing so that we’d have jars upon jars of food ready to grab at a moments notice during [...]
Posted in food fun, tagged home baked bread, peach butter on September 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A small loaf of home baked bread, a spoonful of peach butter made before our trip, and a steaming cup of tea. The children are napping, the kitchen is clean, my feet are up and I am taking time to catch my breath.
Posted in food fun, news, tagged cold, evening in Missoula, montana tea on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For the first time in quite a number of years, I am not teaching during the Fall semester. Although I enjoyed teaching, I’ve also enjoyed ushering in the Fall with the kids. It had been wonderful to truly appreciate these amazing September mornings with the morning sun mottled by fog providing a chill crispness to [...]
Posted in food fun, in progress, news, tagged bread, hurricane, soup, vacation on September 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was _really_ hoping to have some pictures to go along with this post, but the camera’s battery is dead, and I can not for the life of me find the charger. I’m getting a little worried about that, since we’re leaving for vacation at 4 am on Saturday, that is, if Hanna doesn’t force [...]
