Southern Boys and Breakfast
A new tradition has emerged with the living arrangements at the new house. One (and sometimes both) morning of the weekend, after the first press of coffee has been consumed,… Read more »
Tag: cooking
Dusted, but unbroken
This week, I made a pecan pie for The Baker Down The Street. I’m not sure why, but my pecan pie makes her toes curl. I don’t think my recipe… Read more »
Flour, by any measure
I made a batch of cookies last week, from a recipe I have used several times before with great success. But these cookies were the fail. They were thin, almost… Read more »
Scaring the horses
Long ago, I picked up the habit of shopping for kitchen wares at restaurant supply houses, rather than the usual department stores (Target,Fred Meyer or K-mart, etc) or specialty stores… Read more »
Cooking in the Fall
I think the Fall might be my favorite season of all for cooking. Summer is over and the pace of life has changed to match. All of the hectic events… Read more »
Carnitas!
I tried the carnitas recipe from this month’s issue of Cooks Illustrated. I tend to be skeptical about first-time recipes, and something that hoped to avoid deep frying the pork… Read more »
Preview night at Viento’s Burger & Steak Bar
I had a friend who claimed that when someone quit their job in high tech, you can measure their worth by how far away they go. For instance, leaving Apple… Read more »
Zoup alors!
Sometimes recipes come from unlikely sources. There’s a website I read that’s all about design compromises for apartment living. Not that I live in an apartment anymore, but it’s a… Read more »
Dutch Paella
I bought some good spanish chorizo a while ago and finally got around to using it. I jokingly call this “Dutch Paella”, only because it is made in a Dutch… Read more »
blondies
I’m slowly emerging from the cave. When last I blogged, I had a truly depressing homecoming from a week of travel on business. Since then, I came down with the… Read more »