Posted in Chicagoland, Cleo, Josie, cheese, winter on Feb 4th, 2010
At least once every winter, inspired by glittery snow that is not yet gray heaps, we break out a red enamel pot, sit in front of the fire and have ourselves a traditional Swiss fondue. We can trace this ritual to our shag-carpeted childhoods, when both our families – maybe every 70′s family – enjoyed [...]
Posted in cheese, eggs, leftover love on Oct 14th, 2009
I love leftovers, but I do not like the word leftovers. Three honeyed carrots, one slice of salmon or half a chicken, leftovers are the backbone of many meals and the fridge light of my life. I do not think of leftovers in negative terms, as in, all leftovers must go. Because there’s no bit [...]
And we’re back. I know the bugs appear to be fixed, but behind the scenes, a parade of tangled code is still making things blurry. At least the blog wheels are turning, and that’s more than I can say for those in my head which, after this technology go-around, nearly stopped. And speaking of blurry, [...]
Posted in Tell Simmer, cheese on Jul 27th, 2009
The food blog Pen & Fork greets readers with a fortune cookie. The fortune (in a photo) states: “You are a lover of words, someday you should write a book.” Lovely – but since Gwen Ashley Walters is the food writer-chef behind Pen & Fork, it might better read “someday you should write an award-winning [...]
Posted in cheese on Sep 20th, 2008
It’s all politics right now, but – this is not so much a political blog. If I could trail the candidates from diner to diner, I’d certainly blog about their pancakes, and how they like their eggs, and that would be tasty, but frivolous – so I’ll leave greater discussion to the pundits. Still, it’s [...]
