We had pot roast for dinner the other night – you heard me, pot roast. In the oven. I know, I know – it’s wacky. I hate summer heat, but don’t mind summer cooking. There’s all this anti-kitchen talk about no-cook meals and slipcovering your oven come July, but I don’t think twice about baking [...]
Posted in fruit desserts, ice cream, recipes, summer on Jul 26th, 2008
July is an upside-down month – as in, steaming outside, freezing inside. It’s too hot to cook, but I’m starving. I couldn’t eat another bite, but…a little something cold for dessert? Oh, summer desserts. With a damp ponytail and flip-flops, you’d think I’d keep it simple, but no. That scoop of specked vanilla? Purity in [...]
Posted in pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps, summer on Feb 27th, 2008
Please come back, summer. I didn’t really mean all those things I said about winter. It’s not prettier than you. You look really good in white, and white is just making winter look fat. Honestly. You’re definitely the prettiest, summer! You’re not all bleak and old and miserably dried up, like that winter. So…do you [...]
