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 [...]
Posted in eggs, kitchen, leftover love on Apr 23rd, 2009
We spend inordinate amounts of time in our kitchen. Since I’m the only one who really cooks, what’s everyone else doing? Well, first there’s Josie, frequently staring in the fridge, giving me a half-second eyebrow before swigging milk from the bottle. Greg shuffles envelopes, crunches salty almonds, or pours coffee while I circle the island. [...]
Remember these hard-boiled dames? The Edible Edies were created last year for a Grey Gardens contest over at the fabulous Renovation Therapy blog. Though they gave it their crazy all, they lost – to a baby. Already suitably bats, they hung around the fridge for a few weeks, singing show tunes, applying lipstick, decomposing… …until [...]
I’m in the kitchen today – and also trying to avoid large bowls of Hershey’s miniatures – so please enjoy this flashback on me. I’m wearing scarves in the morning and socks to bed, so I know summer’s really over – but here’s where it started. From May 28, 2008 – The Last Time I [...]
Why must I have 25 ways to do everything? Why can’t there just be one way to make cookies, or two ways to make eggs? It’s a curse, it is – a downright motormouth how-to disease. On some things I’m resolute: steak is medium-rare, there’s one way to fold a t-shirt and ice cream should [...]
