Tag: cooking
group name: houseandgarden
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November 09, 2006 06:53 PM EST --
Many years ago, during the early 1980's, when my husband and I increased the size of our family of five to include five Vietnamese children, I realized that I was . . . more
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January 04, 2008 01:28 PM EST --
Making perfect tender juicy meatballs is an art. There are a thousand different opinions out there on how to create that elusively tasty creation. Common wisdom says a good meatball must have egg or milk, . . . more
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November 09, 2006 03:13 AM EST --
Several of my grandchildren enjoy helping out in the kitchen and like to be part of the cooking process. I think this is great and there are many benefits to having your children, or grandchildren, learn . . . more
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September 21, 2006 11:56 AM EDT --
By Lora Zarubin, Food Editor---
It felt like Christmas, waiting anxiously for the morning to see how my clotted cream turned out. Well, it looked perfect and the texture was wonderful but the milk went . . . more
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October 03, 2006 05:26 PM EDT --
Fall is coming early this year, rushing in like a river when the levee breaks. And like a flooding river, fall creates turmoil. Looking to the hills I see oaks still sporting their summer work . . . more
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January 04, 2008 04:06 PM EST --
When the wind is howling and the temp erature outside is somewhere south of freezing, there is nothing more comforting than a good homemade dish such as chicken pot pie. Filled with fresh veggies nestled . . . more
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September 23, 2006 02:34 PM EDT --
Teenage Bread --
But the bread… Sigh. It was nasty, soft, gummy stuff that stuck to the roof of my mouth without benefit of peanut butter. No, not that loaf in the picture, another, sadder loaf. . . . more
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March 17, 2007 04:41 PM EDT --
Geeks come in all sizes, shapes, religions, colors, and areas of geekdom. I have a good friend who's a financial geek -- she really gets off on things like estate planning and income averaging. Go . . . more
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September 15, 2007 10:51 AM EDT --
A friend of mine, who loves crab cakes as much as I do, taught me the secret to great crab cakes -- don't skimp on the filler.
I know. It sounds counter-intuitive. And you'll certainly never see . . . more
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October 24, 2007 04:19 PM EDT --
"W eeks! You got fired!" (It was Paisano on the phone.)
"No. I didn't get fired. We had to discontinue the magazine and lay everyone off."
"Right! So you got fired! . . . more
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November 09, 2007 11:04 AM EST --
T he British do love meat pies. There are Cornish Pasties, Steak and Kidney Pies, Pork Pies, Pot Pies, and Shepherd’s Pie. My theory for their popularity is the atrocious British weather. A good . . . more
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January 27, 2008 01:16 PM EST --
L ast week my father asked me to spend a day with him in the mountains. I'm not sure what prompted the invitation, but he rented a cabin and we drove up around noon on a warm, bright winter's . . . more
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March 12, 2008 03:07 PM EDT --
A few years ago I purchased American Classics by the editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine. The book is a good modern reference to such traditional favorites as Chicken Pot Pie, Parker . . . more
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September 25, 2006 02:17 PM EDT --
Not a Recipe for Smoked Beaver
I'm a conservative. Not in the current political sense, but where conservatism really counts. For example, the only reason "astronaut" is part of my vocabulary . . . more
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September 28, 2006 11:16 AM EDT --
A Day Older
Yesterday I turned 53. I never thought I would live this long. In fact, as a child I expected a nuclear war to kill me before I became an adult. That's what comes of living within 10 . . . more
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October 01, 2006 08:50 AM EDT --
I had a quick check this morning through all my notes, my cookery books, texts, and websites that I refer to at the start of each month.
I check everything off before posting my list of foods and I can . . . more
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October 06, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
The Sand Wich is There
C reeping like a cat chasing a dust bunny, the odor of baking bread slips up on me and then pounces. Wrapping my senses in paws at once softly padded and clawed, . . . more
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November 25, 2007 02:14 PM EST --
D uring my long absence from East Tennessee there were three things I missed most, in fact they're the only three things I can specifically recall missing. Not surprisingly, they're all food. . . . more
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November 10, 2007 08:24 PM EST --
I think we've pretty much decided on smoked duck breasts for Thanksgiving. Something could alter that decision, but probably won't. I'm planning to brine the breasts in an apple cider . . . more
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July 29, 2007 12:14 PM EDT --
Obsession -- a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling
Yes. The small container above contains lamb juices -- Perhaps 2 ounces? -- that escaped from a grilled leg . . . more
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