i have been having a crazy week, and this coming one promises to be equally busy. with that in mind, i decided tonight would be an at-home cooking night: partly so that i would have lots of yummy food to bring with me for all my endeavors, but even more to give myself the kind of cozy nesting time i need. so i went to the co-op at the height of the ( Read more... )

i am having thoughts about black beans in a slow cooker, maybe with nopales (cactus) and green sauce. do people do that? i have no idea, but it sounds good to me, though i am not sure about using the pickled nopales in cooking. if you have experience, please weigh in.

1. the dissident, nell fruedenberger. ( commentary: )

*my favorite kinds of desserts are largely about texture: puddings and ice cream. i love things that dissolve in your mouth, carrying flavor all around, as you eat them ( Read more... )

ruthie's soul food, on dekalb, down by the q dekalb stop, liu and the hospital. so good! i worked two sessions at liu and was so, so hungry by the time i got out at 3. i wandered into this place deliriously and ordered bbq chicken, collard greens and candied yams, and it was so good. the yams really sweet but not fake-sweet, the greens soft and ( Read more... )

just finished draft of grad school application essay #2! very much a draft, but still i'm happy. working on these applications is stressful, but i am coming along. my major tasks right now are the two essays, both drafted but mediocre at this point ( Read more... )

i just made some really awesome soup with the carcass from the smoked turkey, carrots, onions, turnips, parsnips, tomatoes, some tiny red lentils, chiptoles en adobo, cilantro... yum. vaguely mexican, vaguely my mother's post-thanksgiving soup. there is a massive amount of it, too, which means i can freeze it ( Read more... )

conversations with my grandmother about how to make mock kishke (kishke is stuffed intestines, only hers, being "mock", involves no intestines, and a lot of crushed tam-tam crackers), and the recipe for "borscht mold" (think jello mold) that she no longer makes, cause it was never that great ( Read more... )

i have been searching all over for knee high black boots that are good for walking, good quality, simple but with a few exciting touches. and look what i found: my old favorite bootson ebay, but a size too big. so close! but no help at all ( Read more... )

i finally had an obvious dyke as a student, when i was teaching pelvic exams today, to mercy college physician assistant students. it definitely improved her skill level.