Tag: cuisine
group name: houseandgarden
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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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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 06, 2006 05:45 PM EDT --
Ritual --
Sunday I cooked -- really cooked -- for the first time since I moved into this new place.
After a week of TV dinners while I searched for and began organizing pots and pans, dishes and glasses, . . . more
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October 09, 2006 12:39 PM EDT --
Enticing Empanadas --
When I was in Spain a few years back with my family celebrating my parents' 50th wedding anniversary, we had a lot of excellent restaurant meals in addition to the meals we . . . more
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October 09, 2006 03:20 PM EDT --
I've been considering writing a book on picnics and have completed what I call a mockup for the TOC and first chapter. I'd like comments from anyone interested in food or writing. There is a . . . more
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February 03, 2007 08:28 PM EST --
I'd never been in a sex shop before. It was… interesting. The fur-covered handcuffs were interesting. The leather collars were interesting. The costumes were interesting, And the, well… . . . more
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February 06, 2007 11:14 AM EST --
English food has a terrible reputation, and perhaps at one time it was deserved. But even then the food had its glories. Or, if "glories" is too strong a word, then it certainly had its genuine . . . more
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March 12, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
A pocryphal isn't the word, but it does seem at least improbable that I would have actually had my first gyro at a taverna in Greece. But I did. It was a bright June day in Athens and I'd arrived . . . 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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June 13, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
In April of 711, the Arab governor of Tangiers, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the strait between what are now Morocco and Spain with an army of 10,000 Berbers. At the time the Iberian peninsula was ruled . . . more
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January 23, 2007 10:50 AM EST --
There was a time when I always had stale bread in my freezer. I’d buy a loaf for some purpose or other, eat part of it, then when the remainder started going stale I’d cut it up into . . . more
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October 24, 2006 05:39 PM EDT --
Serendipity --
Sunday I ended my soup marathon by making Cioppino for my mother's birthday. It turns out "cioppino" is a Genoese term for "fish stew" and the dish, no doubt, . . . more
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October 28, 2006 09:22 AM EDT --
Karmic Balance and Fat Pancakes --
I'm not Catholic, I'm Unitarian. In fact I'm a devout Unitarian -- which means I never go to church. Unitarian/Universalism is kind of an odd religion. . . . more
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November 16, 2006 04:05 PM EST --
Try IT, You'll Like It
These days the food magazines are roasting everything. Everything vegetable that is. And it's certainly true that cooking in dry heat does a marvelous job of concentrating . . . more
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April 05, 2007 02:39 PM EDT --
el·e·gance: 1 a : refined grace or dignified propriety : URBANITY b : tasteful richness of design or ornamentation c : dignified gracefulness or restrained beauty of style : POLISH d : scientific . . . more
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April 09, 2007 10:22 PM EDT --
The flavor appeared from nowhere -- literally. I was trying to decide what to fix for supper, flipping through magazines, when suddenly I tasted a shrimp cake. I'd never had a shrimp cake before. Never . . . more
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April 14, 2007 09:27 AM EDT --
There's nothing in the world that will wake you up quite the way a Gaulloises will. The nicotine punch is pretty fierce and the inevitable coughing fit will finish the job. Frankly, it's not my . . . more
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April 19, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
The entire meal was seriously good. Not fancy, in fact, quite the reverse, but each component was delicious and they all worked in perfect harmony. It was a great Father's Day meal.
I poached the . . . more
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May 05, 2007 03:36 PM EDT --
Fishies Again
A few weeks ago Stephanie (Dispensing Happiness) and her husband and son and Marianne (The Unemployed Cook) and her husband got together for dinner here. We all cooked and, as expected, . . . more
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