Before today’s delightful baking adventure plus a pasta salad like no other make an appearance, I must ask. As we wrap up Week #19 of you-know-what, How Are We? Personally I’m uncertainty-averse but about 5 weeks ago I re-booted from When? to Who Knows? to Not Anytime Soon. While Joy sits quietly on my shelf,…
BAKE on the TART SIDE
What screams 4th of July more than hamburgers, hot dogs, crispy fried chicken, old-fashioned potato salad, peach or cherry pie and if luck’s with you, home-made ice cream. Stir in family, friends, a corny parade down Main Street and an evening concert of John Philip Sousa courtesy of the high school band. That’s my memory…
IT’S TIME FOR TIAN
Can you spare a few minutes for a Wow? Prepare to be amazed by this stunning Summer Vegetable Tian which is CooktheBookFriday’s recipe choice this week. I dropped off a piece of this for my friend, Wendy. Here’s what she texted later, “What a treat! 1st that I had a great dinner without doing anything…
PART 2: READERS RESPOND
Several days after posting my last blog, I received this text from a friend: “Just took the last bite of Dorie’s Portuguese Cod & Beans. OMG FABULOUS. Thanks for blogging this amazing recipe this week, and fun to make. Hope you are well and staying safe!” Karen Bristol PS I am so “out of ideas” this was…
PART ONE: COOK&COPE&CREATE
For the 11 weeks of quarantining in residence, the social pinnacle of my week is a Wednesday 6am date with City Market grocery store. I don’t like shopping in general but I do like food shopping. These days I’m almost giddy when I walk over to the market. Tomorrow night (Friday), however, I’m going to…
I’M FINE. AND, YOU?
We’re bidding good-bye to quarantine week 7 as many of you begin the re-entry process to new-normal. What will that look like? No one knows. How do you recalibrate a World? Life is like sports, (I’m paraphrasing author Isabel Allende now ) “you train and train and train to develop the muscle that will allow…
MAID-RITES MADE RIGHT
WE ARE THE WORLD Let’s take Time Out to praise our food supply chains, paying homage to those who grow, harvest, haul to market, manufacture and sell the stuff that keeps our bellies full. Leading that charge right now is the renown Chef José Andrés. He founded World Central Kitchen in 2010 to meet Haiti’s food emergency…
GOT a MINUTE? GRAB a SEAT.
During a recent 7am marketing trip, I unloaded groceries at my favorite clerk’s checkout counter. As my items, including Rhodes Anytime Cinnamon Rolls, M&M’s and black licorice, rolled along, Lisa gave me a glance. Those definitely weren’t usual purchases. “I’m going to make Cinna-Bunnies,” I said rather sheepishly. “For my granddaughters. I always made Bunny…
NOTRE DAME to DeVINCI
When I arrived in Paris last Friday afternoon, I intended to unpack and then have dinner at Au Chai de l’Abbey, a small cafe located across the street. By the time I did get settled and get my technical world up and running, I was not up and running myself. Tired Paris, Week #1 I…
DESTINATION: PARIS
As you’re reading this, I’m in Aspen about to board a flight to Paris. This week I drove back to snowy Colorado, dumped my belongings and grabbed a packed suitcase labeled France. Yep, the gypsy thing. Still living it. Note also, only one suitcase. Before my upcoming journey, here’s a parting gift – a wonderfully…
PERFECT PASTA & PUDDING CHÔMEUR
This post has it all. And, why not? I was happy writing it. I am even happier to share with you. True, we are bouncing from here to there to everywhere but ending with two fabulous recipes you can pull together this weekend. SHINY NEW TOYS Pudding Chômeur is a recipe from Christopher Kimball’s award-winning…
HOLIDAYS OVER. HELLO REALITY.
What’s a good thing to do after walking into the house, leaving your frenetic day at the doorstep? One answer could be go directly to the kitchen, fill the pasta pot with salted water and get it boiling. With that one gesture, a mid-week meal for 2, a family, even a crowd, could be on…
