…with crystallized ginger and poppy-seeds and walnuts and lemon zest and cinnamon and yes, you heard me – curry. if you’ve been reading and paying attention (and i am hopeful), i said i would bake this and i kept my word.  101 cookbooks calls this ‘my special zucchini bread recipe’ so i was going to call this [...]

[Read more →]

ok – so here’s the whole story without omissions.    i didn’t include this concoction in my last night’s post, but there was this soup.  it’s this thing i’ve been doing lately.  it’s because of the csa – the vegetable overload.  and because soup is good. so my brilliant technique is to start throwing things into the vitamix to [...]

[Read more →]

the $12 chicken breasts were thawed and ready to go.  tonight was the night. my friend dave was coming for dinner and i wanted to knock it out of the park. and i’ll be damned if i didn’t get cookers block.  the time came to prepare this basic, unassuming dish and i didn’t know what the hell to [...]

[Read more →]

i don’t bake.  much.  it’s too dangerous.  kinda like french cooking.  just over the top fat and calories and then there’s all that sugar and <sigh> that is why i don’t bake. that and this:  the phone rings and it’s my mom’s voice. “hiya honey, i just love the blog – it’s so wonderful.  i [...]

[Read more →]

the food photo’s are hurting.  i know i know.  bear with me here folks.  i’m in the midst of a major learning curve as you can surely tell. but if you want to see what this risotto dish should have looked like just go to “last night’s dinner” and there you’ll find the lovliest pic of a wonderful [...]

[Read more →]

so like this is what i do.  i start watching some cooking show like wolfgang and he’ll do eggs 4 ways which is all very informative to a cook like me because i want to know how to make the (1) perfectly creamy scrambled eggs and the (2) perfectly formed omelette and the (3) perfectly poached egg over an [...]

[Read more →]

i’ve got cucumbers, squash, potatoes, tomatoes and more… i’m inundated. and tomorrow day and night the kitchen is off limits because my cementious (yes, cementious) floors are being resealed and nary a foot, wheel or paw may tread so much as lightly upon it. which mean’s thai food for dinner – and not mine which [...]

[Read more →]