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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Food 52sday Recipe Interpretation: Caramel Spice Pound Cake with Caramel Custard
Caramel + spice = Fall. It’s true. Ask anyone. So when the Recipe Inspiration for this week was called Faulknerian Family Spice Cake with Caramel Icing, I went straight to fall. Operation Thanksgiving, even. I had initially planned to stick Continue reading…
Food 52sday Recipe Inspiration: Faulknerian Family Spice Cake with Caramel Icing
What the heck is Food 52sday anyway? Our list for Food 52sday is decidedly light on desserts. I think of the 21 recipes we chose only about 5-6 are for dessert. This is a Mixed Blessing. It’s a good thing Continue reading…
Chocolate Cake with Whipped Ganache Frosting
I have never wanted to be The Cake Lady. Wait. I take that back. I used to want to be The Cake Lady until I made a couple of wedding cakes and realized that it turns me into a snarling, Continue reading…
Food 52sday, Friday Edition—Recipe Interpretation: Sauteed Vegetables in Mustard Sauce (Not My Best Idea)
First of all, I must apologize for my Extreme Slackness in posting. It’s like I had a mental block about the recipe inspiration. But that’s not fair; we wouldn’t have chosen it if we didn’t think it sounded good. I Continue reading…
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Tagged cooking mistakes, Food 52sday, how to cook vegetables, mixed vegetables, mustard
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Sunday Suppers (Monday Evening Edition): Succotash with Bacon and Peas
So, I’ve made succotash before. You know, for Blogging Purposes. Way back in 2009 I wrote a Succotach post, but I feel okay about posting this one as well, because this one is Different. And what’s so different about this Continue reading…
Posted in Bounty from the Yard, recipes, Sunday Suppers
Tagged bacon, how to make succotash, peas, succotash, succotash recipe, Sunday Suppers
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Recipes: What’s Their Job, Anyway?
Y’all know how I feel about recipes. I think they are limiting. That they make folks think that “this is the only way to make this Thing.” That changing up an ingredient list isn’t nearly as earth-shattering as folks make it out Continue reading…
Sunday Suppers: Mexican-Inspired Stuffed Peppers with Cilantro-Lime Rice
Have you ever made tacos or burritos–or anything, really–with grilled or sauteed chicken all shredded up in it and been disappointed that it was too dry or not soft enough or not shreddy enough and just not like the kind Continue reading…
Molasses and Honey Bread Pudding: Snatching Victory–and Dessert–from the Jaws of Defeat
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When life hands you a ton of tomatoes, make sauce. When life makes your dishwasher overflow, sail your toy boats. And when life hands you That Effing Bread, there really is nothing to Continue reading…
Overcoming Cooking Intimidation, Part 2. Flexibility: Making Tasty Bread Pudding from Awful Bread
I used to teach in residential treatment and also in the public school system. I could tell if I was getting through to my wee charges by the looks on their faces, by their Level of Bounce and by their Continue reading…
