Bowtie pasta drying on the counter
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 29th, 2008
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The first loaf
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 29th, 2008
Making sourdough starter from scratch
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 21st, 2008
I’ve been making sourdough starter from scratch using Nancy Silverton’s Breads from the La Brea Bakery recipe. It’s a two-week process. You start with flour, water and organic grapes, you monitor the room temperature, you’re careful about the temperature of the water that you add, you feed it on a rigid schedule, you don’t let [...]
Apple pie
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 8th, 2008
(photo by Gavin)
I remember the first time I ate this apple pie. It was the first time Gavin invited me over to his house, and we made it together. It was his mom’s recipe. Every time I eat it, I think about that early date.
Here’s the recipe, verbatim. (I hope that’s okay, Andrea!)
Pie Crust
Because the [...]
Brandy sour
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 6th, 2008
Gavin invented this drink:
Brandy sour
(Makes 2 drinks)
3 oz. brandy
juice of one lemon
juice of one small orange or tangerine (even better)
2 teaspoons sugar or simple syrup
dash of bitters
2 maraschino cherries and a little cherry juice from the jar
If using sugar, squeeze all the citrus juice into the shaker, and stir in sugar. Add ice to shaker. [...]
Artichokes, kumquats and pineapple
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 6th, 2008
(photo by Gavin)
Homemade pasta
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 5th, 2008
Homemade pasta drying on wooden hangers
Dried homemade pasta and grapes on the counter (photo by Gavin)
Happy Thanksgiving
Posted in Food and drink, Holidays on Nov 22nd, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving! (This is last year’s turkey.)
Here’s a poem for today by Marge Piercy: The Art of Blessing the Day (via).
Backyard figs
Posted in Food and drink, Garden on Jul 16th, 2007
Dining room table still life
Posted in Food and drink on Jul 15th, 2007