I am on a cooking roll.

I made vegetarian tacos on Monday and BLT pasta salad on Tuesday ( Read more... )

He's 17 today. I don't know what happened, but he's shaving and talking in a strangely deep voice ( Read more... )

Today I used an ax to chop an apple and a hammer to crush garlic. I should have a cooking show.

*Crossposted from Dreamwidth*

I had no idea men liked this stuff. But they must because there's a cookbook about it.


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Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese is a rare fine recipe you should make yourself. And I mean it.

( I made it and it turned out great and I have the pictures to prove it )

Mind you, I do NOT subscribe to the theory behind this cookbook:


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I've been reading my "American Woman's Cook Book" circa 1941, the one I picked up the other day at The Curious Book Shop. It's filled with recipes I'd actually like to try as well as a few I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot clown pole.

But my favorite things so far, aside from the 6-course dinners, are these bits of advice:

Entertaining Without a ( Read more... )

The kids and I are very taken with Middle Eastern food, but we can't afford to go out for it very often. So, tonight I tried to recreate one of the dishes we had at a restaurant we like ( Read more... )

I have about 60 cookbooks (or it seems like I do), many of which I don't use for one reason or another, including one that just has more sangria recipes than I need. Why don't I get rid of them? I couldn't tell you ( Read more... )

I posted on Twitter that I was canning tomatoes, and thirstyrobot asked if it was difficult. It is not difficult, only time-consuming and annoying. I have my mother to blame for my even taking on this task. She canned gallons of stuff every year and insisted I cling to her side and learn how to do it. So the time I spent canning with my mother gave her hours ( Read more... )