whole wheat levain, day 4 and on
Some of you have been expressing…concern…as to what happened with the whole big levain/sourdough plot. I’ll tell you what happened. A winter storm happened. Unripe levain happened. Flat bread...
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This March was in like a lion, out like a lamb, just as it’s supposed to be, right and good. It’s a slow-brewing Easter revelation: for the past several days, we’ve had our eye on the forecast and...
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Hello, my pretties. We’ll be quick today in honor of tax season. I have a zillion e-mail records to go through (the bane of online work) and missing 1099s to calculate by hand. My tax preparer, who...
View Articlefoodbuzz 24, 24, 24: rhubarb — it’s not just for pie anymore
Rhubarb with caramelized onions? Rhubarb salsa? Rhubarb and lentil potage? I can hear you now, the ornery ones of you that is: What the hell, woman…rhubarb’s for pie. Crisps. Crunches. For April’s...
View Articleroasted red pepper and kalamata olive pasta sauce
Sis and Mom were thrilled with the dinner party. “You can do this anytime,” they cooed conspiratorially, and they began plotting holiday schedules. “Thanksgiving, Christmas…no, Mom will still do...
View Articlestrawberry freezer jam-boree
I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve never had to learn how to make strawberry freezer jam. I’ve been even more fortunate in that I never even tasted store-bought jam until I was practically an adult. As...
View ArticleOff to Iraq! Falafel Sandwich with Tahini Sauce
Helen: Hmm, Pita. Well, I don’t know about food from the Middle East. Isn’t that whole area a little iffy? Hostess: [laughs] Hey, I’m no geographer. You and I — why don’t we call it pocket bread, huh?...
View Articlegazpacho sevillano
Breakfast in Spain is unsubstantial, to my taste: a toasted and buttered bolillo (a large roll) and café con leche, Spain’s rich and tasty version of the latte. (I don’t like coffee or even lattes...
View ArticleDazed and Confused Sesame Peanut Stir Fry, with Bonus Babylon 5 Reference
Ever run into a recipe that is so easy and so tasty that you are dazed under its spell, obeying its command to make it again, and again, and again, until two weeks later you blink and say to yourself,...
View ArticleBlueberry chocolate coconut protein smoothie
That’s right. You heard me. Blueberry. Chocolate. Coconut. And to make it all sound healthy, protein. Shake. We really could pretty much just stop now, because you’ve got the ingredients right there,...
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