Look, I'm getting desperate over here.  I now have NINE tromboncinos lurking on my damn kitchen table, and this is after I gave away several.  The vines have spread so far that they've climbed over my bean bed, through a tomato patch, and out the other side.  One vine has a runner that is, my hand to god, a good twenty feet long.  It has nearly ( Read more... )

Since my mother was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, I've been working to find recipes that meet the nutritionist's guidelines.  I made an excellent casserole this weekend that I think will appeal to several folks here ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I made an absolutely delicious sauce.  I wanted to record it, in case I have the time to make it again ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I was stuck at home with a horrible cold.  Sniffly, sad, and pouty.  I laid on the couch, surrounded by rumpled kleenex and supervised by the dog.

A friend sent me a hot toddy recipe with the promise that it would make me feel much better.  I tweaked it (for science!) and I must admit, she was right.  I did feel better.  Enough to mooch ( Read more... )

I do not like eggs.

Not even a little bit.

In fact, I hate eggs.  I won't eat them, unless they're heavily disguised in a bread product.  Eggs are the only food that I refuse to eat (except for things that I'm allergic to, which doesn't count).

When an angry friend who thought she was God's Gift To Cooking decided to serve tofu, dredged in yellow ( Read more... )

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This is one of my favorite soups and I have been enjoying it thoroughly.  I wanted to share it with everyone before the seasonal vegetables were out of season!

It is based on some soups I've eaten in Vietnamese restaurants, an old Jaimie Oliver recipe, a collection of Thai online recipes, various of my own mad kitchen experiments, and some ( Read more... )

So while I was surfing about, hither and yon, as one does, I came across a recipe for a one-ingredient ice cream.  Naturally, I had to try it.  FOR SCIENCE.  As they say.

Ahem.

I fully expected it to not quite work, or be difficult, or kind of sort of work but not really since I don't have a food processor.  But no!

I am pleased and thrilled to ( Read more... )

One of my personal routines is cooking for my loved ones.  I usually make a Sunday meal of some sort--typically a large meal that can be repurposed into various meals (like a roast), made into casseroles, used as leftovers, or is simply especially celebratory for the season.

This weekend my mom had been under the weather, and so I chose some foods ( Read more... )

The winner of the poll at the time that I sat down to make ice cream was Mint with Fudge Stripes.  I had determined that the flavor of my heart was Buttermint, however, and took myself to the Whole Foods to get the remaining ingredients ( Read more... )