every bite tells a story, every dish is delish
Posted in Let's Cook, My So-Called Life, recipes on Sep 27th, 2008
I found myself on a local cooking show, wearing white and standing over a bowl, demonstrating how to make ganache.
“Ganache is really the mother chocolate,” I was saying to the host, “just this simple mixture, but you can use it hot or cold, as a glaze, a frosting, a filling. In France it’s everything [...]
Posted in Let's Cook, recipes on Sep 16th, 2008
We had friends to dinner the other night, a nice little party with flowers and wine and Josie upstairs. These days I like making it nice but not stiff, special without fuss - but just a few years back it was all fuss all the time - to a newly minted chef girl, married girl, [...]
Posted in Let's Cook, Let's Eat, recipes on Sep 10th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Let's Cook on Aug 2nd, 2008
Are your friends playing ding-dong-cucumber? As in, ring the bell, dump the cukes and run? Do your pals sheepishly hand you armfuls, whispering “make pickles. Please?” I’ll just bet the big greens are rolling off the counter, filling your backseat, and hogging the fridge.
I don’t even try growing cucumbers. My vegetable [...]
Posted in Lawrence, Let's Cook, Let's Get Away, Tweenager, recipes on Jul 31st, 2008
Are you, or any breathless young girl you know, familiar with the Twilight books?
My daughter is obsessed with Stephenie Meyer’s wildly successful teen - romance - vampire series, and I must be way off the buzz wagon, because until I smacked into a towering, goth-flavored display at Borders, I’d never even heard of them. But [...]
