Although I can manage a country-style loaf of sourdough bread, more refined baking is my Achilles heel. I avoid making pastry the way I avoid hanging doors or framing windows. In a post-apocalyptic world where my survival depended on advanced carpentry skills to keep the zombies out I would muddle through, but in the meantime …
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Fast Food for the Soul – Spaghetti with Kale, Salami and Toasted Garlic
I happened to have five bunches of kale in the fridge that I stripped and began cooking last Friday evening for no reason other than the obvious one that it needed to be cooked. Then our son Oliver and four friends rolled through the door from New York. Hi hi hug hug. Got anything …
In the garden of bitter delights – broccoli rabe with pine nuts and pomegranate
I love it when food makes an appearance in folktales or mythology. Trouble’s about to descend on River City. When Rapunzel’s pregnant mother wakes in the night, craving broccoli rabe, we know her husband is in for a rough go. When ravenous Persephone, kidnapped by Hades, is brought face-to-hungry-stomach with a pomegranate, ominous minor chords …
Riders of the lonesome sage – Roasted Squash with Sage Pesto
Only a handful of cooking techniques are really foolproof. Roasting squash is one of them. To screw it up you have to throw the squash in the oven, drive away in your car, and never come back. Roasted Squash with Sage Pesto is only slightly more complicated. You add stuff to a blender, pulse a …
The Garum Factory 