Cooking, Life, Books and Words — sometimes with recipes.
OK, the trifle(s) are made. One (larger) has half a bottle of sherry in it for adults and the other (smaller) has blackcurrant syrup diluted used instead of sherry. Both are made with lady fingers…
OK, more or less got the menu sorted out for the kerry bash. Went with ease of production over other considerations, so it doesn’t match my previous expectations… Appetizers: Crudites with fava bean hummus and…
Well, we finally decided to do something, so we are having a fundraising dinner for John Kerry and/or MoveOn. We picked May 1st since it is a Saturday and since it has all kinds of…
Today is a red letter day for Tomatilla! I am now able to upload photographs and so I will do so. I have already put in three pictures – one each of the pilau and…
We had leftover chicken. We didn’t want pasta – Saturday night we had friends over pre-theater and I made three kinds of pasta to keep the various permutations of children and adults and vegetarians and…
This is the first time I’ve done this. But here goes. I would have written about Jan’s famous lemon cake but I’ve already written about that TWICE. Instead, I’m writing about a cake that my…
A couple of hours ahead of the deadline I got my entry in. I won’t put the recipe here yet because I’m not sure whether or not it is forbidden by the rules. The final…
OK – stage one testing complete. It is a fine main course considering I have only been at it for 5 hours. I have a vegetarian alternative, too. But I’m not sure it is good…
This was too good to pass up – even if I am handicapping myself a lot. Today, while browsing around I found this: Americas Best Home Cook Contest. By now you may have gotten to…
Has already arrived here in the Bay Area. It is hot. The sprinklers are running. Plants are tripling in size practically overnight. We are going to need to get air conditioning of some kind. But…