Sauteed Chicken Cutlets with Fresh Spring Asparagus
Asparagus is one of the earliest vegetables to bring us the promise of spring, often growing up through snow and able to grow as many as 10″ in a single day. Asparagus is one of the first vegetables that humans cultivated, believed to have been first grown by the Macedonians in approximately 200 B.C. Asparagus … Read more
Reveries of 2012
“Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer So here we are on New Year’s Eve, that most nostalgic and most promising day of every year when we look at … Read more
KitchenAid Mixers and Feminism
“Women should be obscene and not heard.” ― John Lennon We have just concluded the major western holidays, and when I say “major,” I mean the big cooking and eating holidays. I am a Foodie. I spend days cooking (and, of course, eating) in the last six weeks of the year. (I am up by … Read more
Sandy Hook, Gun Control and Devolution
“The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower On December 14, 2012 at approximately 9:35 a.m., 20 year old Adam Peter Lanza, wearing black fatigues and carrying a semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle made by Bushmaster, pistols made by Glock and Sig Sauer, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, shot … Read more
Lemon Cream Filled Crêpes with Blueberry Compote
Crêpes are very thin, delicate pancakes that can be filled with sweet or savory fillings and served for any meal, really. I have fond memories from my childhood of going to the Magic Pan Crêperie with my parents and eating them for dinner and dessert. The word crêpe is French in origin, and comes from … Read more
Thanksgiving 2012
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” ~John F. Kennedy I love Thanksgiving. It is my favorite holiday for lots of reasons. This month, Facebook has featured post after post from friends who have been doing a countdown for … Read more
White Chocolate Cheesecake with Glazed Strawberry Topping
Cheesecake is one of my favorite things to bake and my recipe file contains some 180+ variants of it. It is a dessert with a history and may have dated as far back as ancient Greece. The earliest literary reference to a cheesecake is by the Greek physician Aegimus, who wrote a book on the art … Read more
Pumpkin Gnocchi with Sage Butter
The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon (πέπων), which is Greek for “large melon”. The French adapted this word to pompon, which the British changed to pumpion and later American colonists changed that to the word we use today, “pumpkin”. They are believed to have originated in North America. They are a fruit, and … Read more
Remembering Daddy
I don’t know where to begin our story. It’s hard to tell, full of private details that I would prefer to keep to myself. But I cannot talk about this without being honest and keeping you secret is so much work. You died on October 2, 2012. It was a Tuesday. Three weeks before, I … Read more
Howard Stern Attacks Michael Vick For Owning New Dog
I love Howard Stern for this. :) Howard Stern Attacks Michael Vick For Owning New Dog.
