I have been very busy in the kitchen lately. This is not new. A food blogger is almost always caught with her arms full in the kitchen… stirring with one arm, chopping with another, and pushing a camera shutter with the third. Oh, wait… It takes a lot of organization and I suppose some spur […]
Some people love to cook. It is their go-to task, the thing they do to relax, the thing that brings them real joy at the end of the day. Trying to discover the source of that inherent, “joy of cooking” is one of the goals I had in mind as I began to explore the psychology of […]
I made a decision earlier this year. A new year’s resolution in fact: to learn how to work with yeast. So far, I have made pizza dough, naan, and these here cinnamon rolls. I’m doing pretty good! I realized though the decision to follow through on such a resolution has required me to make a […]
Some strange, but lovely and relatively talented cook has taken up residence in my kitchen. She feeds us good food. On Saturday, she served us fluffy pancakes, drizzled with a crimson triple berry sauce, warm maple syrup, and a dollop of butter melting down the sides. She made red wine braised short ribs, falling off the bone atop a pile of roasted garlic […]
Let me just check here… I’ll pull out my trusty calculator, let me just punch a few numbers… tap, tap, tap… Oh, right, ok, that would be… um, Never! Here’s why. My husband has been getting up earlier and earlier to put more hours in at work. He is already famous for refusing to eat breakfast, […]
I waited and waited all Summer long for that tree in our backyard to yield some sweet, plump little figs. They are finally here, just as Fall starts to set in. Today is gray and rainy, with an electrifying chill in the air. It feels dramatic, this change of the seasons. Experiencing such a shift […]
Don’t you think the basil adds a nice touch to this tomato tart? These could be before and after pictures for Extreme Makeover: Pastry Edition. Perception is important when preparing foods. The thing has to look edible, after all. Herbs and spices are perfect tools for making food look pretty. I think rosemary is nice, lemon […]
I went to the laundromat on Friday afternoon. As I was loading my clothes into the dryers, I heard someone say behind me, “Yep, gotta get this done before tomorrow.” I turned to face a heavy-set woman, dressed in colorful patterned scrubs, who looked at me sideways from the pile in her laundry basket, and […]
Good morning! I made this smoothie on one of those mornings where I woke up to meet the sun and go for a run — not this morning, where I’m sitting on my bum in front of the computer with a cup of coffee and a bagel smothered in strawberry jam. I feel lucky, though, that I have the time to […]
I took a quick roadtrip this past weekend to Washington D.C. to attend the American Psychological Association (APA) Convention. My husband and I left at 3:00 am Saturday morning and were back by 6:00 pm Sunday evening. As I was roadtripping (and tripping over bad food habits on the road) a group of activists also started out […]
May 30, 2012
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