Yesterday, my marvelous aunt_toad came over to teach me how to make Pimiento Cheese. Specifically, her very own, very awesome Pimiento Cheese. When she arrived it was almost lunchtime, so we organized our ingredients and then met the Doctor for lunch at LongHorn, so he could perform his "mystery shop". Afterward, we ran a few errands and happened in upon ( Read more... )

I was poking around in our cavernous kitchen cabinets this morning (I really need to construct some shelves under there; two of the cabinets are big enough that I could camp in them) and, behold! What did I find? My long-lost stovetop espresso maker. (It's only really been "lost" since we moved ( Read more... )

For several years now, I have been searching for the right set of steak knives. Originally, these steak knives needed to spring forth from some mythical union of form, function and price. Some time ago, I decided I would settle for mere form and function. Suitable knives continue to elude me ( Read more... )

It's not even noon yet, and already I have prepared and frozen enough food to last us for a month. I had a truckload of fresh fruits and veggies left over from the baby shower, so I spent the morning packing them up in handy portions for future use. I stewed 4 lbs. of grape tomatoes, cooked 5 lbs. of carrots, blanched 2 XL quarts worth of French ( Read more... )

Just now, I found myself puttering around the kitchen wishing we had some soft drinks on hand--we have wine, beer and cherry juice--so I decided to concoct something from the pantry. I made Cream Soda by accident.

That sure was easy. And yummy.

Intent on eating light after last night's Italian debauchery, I set out to create a soup for my late-afternoon lunch. I started with a creamy, organic butternut squash base, to which I added some curry powder, cayenne pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, freshly ground nutmeg, lemon peel and Hungarian hot paprika. I finished it off with a dollop of ( Read more... )