every bite tells a story, every dish is delish
Posted in Cleo, In the Kitchen on Dec 4th, 2008
We spent much of 2007 making house-building plans, and I think it’s fair to say that no room, not by a long shot, received as much design (and re-design) attention as the kitchen. Given that I spend a high percentage of life leaning over a baking board, and as I’m on the wee stumpy [...]
Posted in Tell Simmer, Tweenager on Dec 1st, 2008
What? You’ve already heard enough Josie this and Josie that, and how Josie loves jellybeans, and went to junior high, and went to Paris, blah blah blah? Well, Miss Twilight seems to think you haven’t heard enough - she’s fed up with “all those pictures of Cleo,” and demanded her own Tell Simmer, which [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, Holiday, Let's Eat on Nov 29th, 2008
Saturday, 1:36 pm. How’s it going with those leftovers?
While Josie and Greg watched KU beat Missouri, I stacked a few Turkey-Bacon-Cranberry-Swiss Clubs.
And now, we are down to only one enormous leg.
Perhaps Henry VIII will just come on over and finish things off?
If you wish to build your own, here’s the sedimentary diagram of the [...]
Posted in Let's Bake, recipes on Nov 21st, 2008
This is the challah.
This is the soup
that soaked up the crusts
that were cut from the challah that we built.
This is French toast
that used up some slices
before crusts filled the soup
that came from the challah that we built.
This is the sandwich, all stacked up and new
that made a fine lunch
before the French toast
and the crusts in [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, My So-Called Life on Nov 13th, 2008
On our 15th anniversary, a look back at the most important cake I never made.
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We’d insisted on a November wedding – autumn, crisp and comfortable – but now, standing in satin heels before a seated crowd at the Knickerbocker Hotel, I thought, what the hell does it matter what month it is, except that I’m [...]
