Skybluepinkish commented on my post yesterday that life was too short to peel hazelnuts. Her comment got me thinking about all the things that I omit doing because they are too fiddly or time consuming to be bothered with. For example: 1. I never seed tomatoes and rarely peel them. When the recipe instructions call […]
Well, I don’t use this little gadget daily. In fact I haven’t used it in a long time. I keep it around because my son uses it. It’s a small rotary grinder which I bought for the sole purpose of grinding nuts, most specifically, hazelnuts. I was taking a series of cooking courses years ago
…or maybe it’s the other way around. Anyway in yesterday’s post, I was bemoaning the fact that we have lost some ground in cooking with the basics or from scratch. We no longer do what a generation or two did before us – make our own preserves, bake our own bread, do our own processing
….or box or tin..etc… I was reading a review on the weekend of a new book by Michael Pollen. His first, “The Omnivore’s Delight,” is an expose of the modern industrial food chain – think corporate farms, with a huge eye on the bottom line. His second, “In Defense of Food,” moved the ideas developed
I had started a while ago celebrating “things” around the house in an effort to enrich the daily slog. I decided that I didn’t have to actually go out and “buy” something to give me a lift. I could just try to lift up something that I already had, thereby making my life a little
I’m not sure why I have trouble following directions. Maybe innately, I hate being told what to do. I can’t just follow a recipe, for example. I have to combine several recipes and then add a little this and that as well. Paella On Sunday, I made Paella, from a combination of three sets of
I am blessed (if I don’t mind putting on weight) with having four French bakeries within walking distance of my house. Three of the four are within 100yds of each other – maybe the 100yd diet 🙂 Well, I spread my patronage around to all four. Yesterday I was in Thobor’s on Mt Pleasant and
My husband came downstairs yesterday and said that because it was Valentine’s Day we should do something special for dinner. He suggested lobster – my thoughts exactly. I offered to pick up a baguette and the lobster since he has been really busy at work lately. The supermarket just down the road always has a
It’s Valentine’s Day. However, I did have a usual mid-week dinner planned – Lentil Soup – not very romantic or celebratory – is that even a word? In the back of my mind a little voice keeps saying, “Lobster, lobster.” But who has lobster on a Thursday Night? When the kids were little, we used
I was often called upon to explain how the date of Easter is determined each year. It was sort of my party piece – OK I don’t lead a very exciting life. Now, however, with Google being the source of all information, at anytime, I am rarely asked to “recite.” Alas, I did enjoy the
