Bookseller, baker, ricotta-cheese maker. I'm a reader, a wannabe writer, have a mothballed J.D., and am little bit crazy. These are the days of my lives.
Posted in Pantry cooking, baking, books, cooking, flickr, food, links, low carb, recipes on May 14th, 2010
Deb at Smitten Kitchen had this recipe for Shakshuka, an Israeli Spicy Tomato Stew with Poached Eggs that I really wanted to try. See, it looked really easy, a one pot dish that you built by layering flavors, and when the stew was basically done, you popped in a few eggs and poached them in […]
Posted in baking, bipolar, cooking, flickr, food, links, photos, recipes on Apr 9th, 2010
So– say you’ve been sick for a while– a never-ending cold that dragged on for a month, your cyclical spring depression and a brief, scary manic burst of irrational rage, various family things going on, etc., and you’ve also got to work and get up every day and at least pretend to the outside world […]
Posted in Pantry cooking, baking, cooking, food, good things, links, photos on Dec 21st, 2007
Pine nut cookies, or pignoli cookies as my Italian (say it like an Irish-American, “Eye-talyan”) friends might call them, are something I have always wanted to try. Martha Stewart published a recipe that looked do-able, so I gave it a go the other day. The verdict? What a pain in the ass for […]
Posted in Better Half, baking, cooking, food, friends, links, photos, recipes on Dec 16th, 2007
… alternately titled, In Which Vast Quantities of Sugar and Fat are Consumed. Oh, yeah. Yesterday was a busy day. We had brunch at my SIL’s, and in preparation therefor, I made a crustless bacon & onion quiche for 8. It’s a very low fat recipe– just 10 eggs, 1 cup […]
Posted in Better Half, baking, cooking, flickr, food, gluten free, links, photos, recipes on Dec 14th, 2007
I am not a huge peanut butter aficionada, but I do like a peanut butter cookie. I was intrigued by the recipe Shauna had at Gluten Free Girl, and kicked off my holiday baking with her recipe– with a few tweaks, of course. I use Teddie Peanut Butter, since it’s made in the […]
Posted in Better Half, baking, bipolar, chains, meds on Dec 9th, 2007
The BH and I took the T to the mechanic’s, picked up the car with the newly-replaced window, and drove up to the FedEx depot near the BH’s work to pick up a package that ended up being a surprise present from my wonderful assistant. Dropped the BH off at his office to do […]
Posted in Boston Organics, Pantry cooking, baking, cooking, food, gluten free, links, recipes on Oct 15th, 2007
Deb at Smitten Kitchen had a recipe for a Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onion Gallette that looked delicious. Since I can’t resist tinkering, and since I wanted to make a gluten free crust, my end result has a more cracker-y, pizza-like crust, but it’s still a good way to use up my Boston Organics […]
Well, Anali and I met for coffee. So it wasn’t really a rally of food bloggers, or even a very large meeting of Boston-area food bloggers. But what we lacked in quantity, we made up in quality conversation, covering topics from physical therapy, to the intersection of journalism and blogging, to sitemeter (Lisa […]
1. Dorie Greenspan continues to succeed– the chocolate ginger cake/bread I made for my brother’s birthday was an enormous success.
2. My ever-reliable camera, an SD100 Elph bought 5 years or more ago, has given up the ghost– we think the sensor’s on the fritz. But, I was starting […]