Posted in Food and drink, Green on Mar 17th, 2008
I use this extra extra-large shower cap to cover bread dough while it’s rising in this big bowl. Smaller see-through hair dying caps are good for covering normal-sized bowls of leftovers in the fridge when you want to be able to glance through and see what is inside them. I found this idea in Nancy [...]
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 29th, 2008
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 29th, 2008
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 29th, 2008
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 [...]
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!) [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Food and drink on Jan 6th, 2008
(photo by Gavin)
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)
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).