Another late August, another juicy Summer Fest finale. For last year’s Tomato Week – which, I recall, also featured sweltering heat and flagging ambition – I cranked up the oven and rolled dough spirals and generally made things as hard as possible. Did I learn my lesson? You be the judge. Better yet, let’s have [...]
It’s the last Summer Fest cross-blogging event, and this final week is all about tomatoes. The most joyous snack in the garden, right, the easiest slice of summer? Certainly, one can brush off a sun-warmed tomato and bite down right there, right there in the garden, like a drippy red apple. Unless you are me, [...]
Posted in new old house, recipes on Jan 16th, 2008
Let’s say you have just moved into your new place, and you’ve spent something like 48 hours unpacking. By now, you’ve most likely had it with take-in, eat-out, and out-of-a-bag – a greasy bag – meals. Your eyes are drooping, and your hands are chapped – possibly from dragging piles of ripped and flattened cardboard [...]
