I’ve gotten to the point in my life that I’ve begun to notice my tastes have changed. It’s not so much that I prefer some tastes over others, but more that I crave things I never have before, and look less forward to other tastes I’ve always loved. Let’s talk cabbage, shall we? My mother [...]
June 2009
I’m notorious for rarely making a recipe more than once. I have been known, however, to make a dish again and again with a new recipe each time. I know this isn’t a novel concept, and I guess some may consider it crazy. For example: You’ve been invited to a dinner party and you’ve [...]
Perhaps you’ve caught yourself doing this before: you’re lost in thought — truly daydreaming about nothing in particular. Then you wonder, “How in heck did I end up thinking about that?” and you proceed to trace back which thought led to what until you either figure it out (depending upon whether you have more patience [...]
I haven’t made brownies for a very long time. Years. Years as in, when my grown boys were very, very young. I suppose that after countless results of either raw in the middle crunchy on the outside, or serious qualifiers for hockey puck status, I gave up. Bear in mind that even box brownie mixes [...]
Quite some time ago, I came across a recipe in a magazine that I didn’t subscribe to but magically ended up in my mailbox each month, addressed to me. It didn’t take long to realize the publication’s advertisements outweighed its content, but a two page piece featuring a local chef caught my eye as did [...]
