Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Jeanne from Cook Sister! tagged me in a meme last week. In case you never thought you wanted to know, here are seven random things about me:
1. I sing along to Billy Holiday when I’m alone, using whatever suitable apparatus is at hand as a mike (think hairbrush or wooden spoon). Sometimes I dance.
2. I [...]
Posted in baked goods, dinner, garam masala, garlic, nutmeg, olive oil, olives, pasta, pine nuts, ricotta, spinach, sundried tomato, tomato, tomato sauce on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Manicotti are much larger than cannelloni and therefore much, much easier to stuff. Personally, I approach the whole stuffing process with joyless abandon. Not for me the delicate process of cake forks and backs of teaspoons to get the stuffing in the tubes; it’s a roll up the sleeves, hands in the bowl affair in [...]
Posted in orange on March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The problem with me cooking up a good dinner-party dinner is that I just don’t know when to stop. I start off with only the thoughts in my head. Firstly, I always, without an exception, say to myself that I want the meal to be simple and easy and relaxed. Just a [...]
Posted in apple cider, broccoli, dinner, olive oil, pepita, pesto, pumpkin seed, truffle, vegetarian, winter on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
For a little dinner, which the dapper Mr P and I had with some fun friends last night, we decided to explore our decadent side a little with both a dessert course and a cheese plate. Is that a gasp I hear in the corner? Both dessert and Cheese? That’s crazy, I [...]
Posted in baked goods, cardamom, cream, custard, dessert, fruit, olive oil, pear, pepper, pudding on March 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A small group of friends gathers now and then, on a rotation of residence basis, to toast a toast and marvel at each others themed cooking. You might remember a colourful affair a while back. We’ve had a lemon theme and a Childhood Memories evening, where we reminisced about such delights as Three [...]
Posted in beans, carrot, chickpea, cilantro, cinnamon, cumin, dinner, garlic, onion, paprika, pork, sausage, tomato, winter, yoghurt on March 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Funny that in French the word for garlic is ail. Funny, that is, when garlic, that wonder, that golden child of the onion family, is so good at protecting you from what ails, meaning keeping those nasty little cold and flu viruses at bay. I have personally noticed the relationship between number [...]
