Three Little Piggies
My first encounter with fresh porcini mushrooms ended in an Italian feast.
Category Archives: Veggies and Salads
On Standby
A general formula for tuna salad, with dill and peas, or anything else you like.
Late Night Meal
The sudden heat wave continued last night. It was approaching 90F when we got home from work yesterday, so we delayed Freyja’s usual after-work walk until later in the evening, bleeding off some of her…
Falling in Love with Goat Cheese, Part 2
This weekend we walked over to the Saturday market with puppy in tow, and after Jeremy got Freyja to a safe distance from the SFC booth (safe from jumping up against the table and totally…
Falling in Love with Goat Cheese, Part 1
Saturday before last, I headed out for the farmer’s market by myself because the puppy was just recovering from a night of upset tummy and not up for a long walk. I began with my…
Hens and Chicks
Jeremy requested another roasted chicken the last time we were at the grocery store, in part (I think) because the white chicken chili I made with the leftovers of our last roast chicken was so…
Point A to Point B
It’s funny how one thing leads to another. For instance, because Jeremy stayed home from work last Wednesday, I got to have wonderful memories of making snow ice cream as a child in Colorado winters.…
Dinner with Batali and Stevens
Dinner last night was a tiny boneless organic leg of lamb (less than 2 lb), roasted with onion, shallot, lemon quarters, prunes, and green olives, after Mario Batali (from Molto Italiano). I didn’t have time…
Celeriac-Potato Latkes
Yesterday was an incredibly busy evening. We walked home from work, and went right back out with the dog for the better part of an hour. While Jeremy took the pup inside for her chow,…
Dinner with Keller and Batali
Dinner last night was a roasted chicken cooked very simply according to Thomas Keller’s instructions here. You almost can’t call it a recipe, because it was so simple—4 lb chicken rinsed and dried thoroughly, S&P…
White Bean and Roasted Red Pepper Dip
I was planning on making soup for dinner last night, but when I walked in the door, red pepper-bean dip with carrot sticks was what sounded good. So I cracked open a can of cannellini…
Pan-Roasted Asparagus with Poached Eggs
This was my dinner tonight, and it was amazing. The other times I’ve made this dish, I just steamed the asparagus, which was tasty, but caramelizing them in butter just made the whole dish phenomenal.…
Thyme Green Beans
This very simple recipe came from a friend’s copy of How to Cook Without a Book. She has made them several times when I was there for dinner, and they came out tasting like much…
Green Salad with Pear Vinaigrette
A sweet and mildly tangy vinaigrette highlighting pears.
Fusilli with Walnut and Garlic Sauce
This was a very quick, simple, and tasty pasta dish. I chose it mostly to compliment some walnut bread Jeremy made, but we were pleasantly surprised by the flavor of the pasta. If it weren’t…
Gorgonzola and Dried Cherry Salad
I finally ventured away from our house salad, and have started looking around for other potential salad dressings. I hit on this one because I was planning on making a chicken dish for dinner with…
Food Epiphanies of 2006: A Retrospective
Mushrooms I have always disliked mushrooms. I thought it was their flavor, and indeed that took some getting used to, but I realized this year that my real aversion to mushrooms was to their texture.…
How to Use Up Sweet Potato Puree, Part 1
Julie vs. The Orange Blob, part 1. Sweet potato pancakes with pumpkin pie spices and crunchy pecans.
Thanksgiving Dinner 2006 Recap
An outline of our Thanksgiving meal for 2006, complete from mushroom bisque for lunch to pumpkin chiffon pie for dessert.
Orecchiette Duxelles
Orecchiette with an earthy sauce of chopped mushrooms, walnuts, and thyme.