I've spent the last week at home, using up some vacation days before the end of the year. It was planned to be a "staycation", and Superstorm Sandy certainly guaranteed that. I planned on cooking a lot and I certainly have. Here's what I've been up to..... Beef Stew Beef stew is one of the … Continue reading From the kitchen – random recipes from a week cooking
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From the Kitchen – Murgh Korma
Ganesha, remover of obstacles, be praised! We’ve done it! Finally, we’ve made Indian food that tastes as good as what we get at restaurants. And all thanks to the magazine, Saveur and its “150 Classic Recpies” issue. I find that Saveur is one of the best cooking magazines out there. And yep, still an atheist, … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Murgh Korma
From the Kitchen – Chocolate Toffee Chip Cookies
Everyone needs a tasty snack now and then. Especially when blogging about political and religious idiocy which seems far far too common anymore. I’m not much of a sweets person but I do like Toll House style cookies with their salt quotient. Yep, I’m bit of a salt monster. My husband came up with this … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Chocolate Toffee Chip Cookies
From the Kitchen: Chimichurri and Chili
Since I’m back on the South Beach Phase 1 at the moment, I thought I’d share a couple recipes for Phase 1 friendly foods. Now, the SoBe diet works for me. I’ve lost 30 pounds and kept it off. I even feel better on it, no or few carbs makes me feel much better. My blood … Continue reading From the Kitchen: Chimichurri and Chili
From the Kitchen – Seafood Chowder
Even though it's been lovely outside, warm comforting foods are always good to have. This is for my husband's seafood chowder. I love various chowders but this tops them all and I've had chowder a lot of places, even up in the New England states. Last time we made it, the two of us ate … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Seafood Chowder
From the Kitchen – Gobs
Whoopie Pies do not equal gobs. They might look like the same thing, cake on the outside, some filling in the inside, but consider this similarity rather like the mimicry of the Monarch and Viceroy butterflies. In my opinion, the whoopie pie is the Monarch, impressive looking, but tasting gawdawful sweet, and the gob the … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Gobs
From the Kitchen – Meat Pies
Once upon a time I was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). It's a loosely (often very loosely) historical recreation group that had its genesis in the 1960s. I was a member on and off for 20+ years. Finally the politics were too much and I ended it. I still love historical stuff … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Meat Pies
From the Kitchen – thick hot chocolate aka cocoa lava
In what now seems like the Paleozoic, I visited Spain (and Portugal and Morocco) on a high school trip. I loved the thick hot chocolate that we would get for breakfast. I could never figure out how to make it, failing dramatically with adding too much cocoa, cooking it for too long in an attempt … Continue reading From the Kitchen – thick hot chocolate aka cocoa lava
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