More miscellany – betrayed by greens
What happens when broccoli rabe goes off Broccoli rabe, rapini, whatever you want to call it – it’s pretty tasty. And I picked up a bunch the last time I was at the farmers’ market. So I’ve had...
View ArticleImam Bayildi
So I had eggplants and a lot of time to kill last night, so I started looking though my cookbooks for something exciting. So I ended up attempting Imam Bayildi for the first time. I’ve never ordered...
View ArticleRoasting
So I read in a Depression Era cookbook that the most efficient and conscientious way to use the oven was to only turn it on when you could fill it – sort of like only doing full loads of laundry. And I...
View Articlefood list
I ended up acquiring an abundance of food over the weekend (leftovers from my mother, a tempting farmers’ market, and a delightful cheese exchange – oh, and amazing fruitcake in the mail), so roasting...
View ArticleGreen Tomato Salsa, Beef Rib Roast, Quesadillas
I’m leaving on a trip in a few days, so I am trying to make sure I eat everything perishable in the house. First thing up – getting rid of the last of the green tomatoes that I picked when the garden...
View ArticleMiscellaneous root vegetable cottage pie
This isn’t so much a recipe as a narration. I accumulated food, and then I ate it. So there was someone at the farmers’ market selling an assortment of intriguing root vegetables in early summer – woo!...
View ArticleLeftover Soup
So I came home from work, and I heated up some leftover soup. And then I had amazing garlic bread on the side – this morning, I had mixed together some black garlic and softened butter. But – I’d been...
View ArticleQuiche two ways, both dodgy and delicious
The past couple weeks, my friends and I have been having collaborative dinners. Yesterday, it went like this: NoCounterspace: if you want to have dinner at my house (dining out is fine), I have: more...
View ArticleEvolution of a meal – braised pork, pork quesadillas, pork & chickpea stew
Next up in project clean out my parents’ freezer: pork loin Back when I was buying cheap meat, a pork loin was one of the best bargains out there – almost all lean meat, no bones, and could be found on...
View ArticleMexican Butternut Squash Soup
Would this soup be made in Mexico? I have no idea. No people or cookbooks provided any support for this claim. But its seasonings and flavor went well with the enchiladas my friends made. So there I...
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