My son loves his boss and it appears to be mutual. So our Thanksgiving gift from him was a huge, fresh bone-in roast lamb, all set to go. Lemon, garlic, and I think cumin as well as some onions. It… Read More ›
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THE ETHNIC NECESSITY
What else could I do? I’ve been sick and miserable and while the antibiotics have helped enough to actually get me out of bed, a full cure was impossible without my own home-made chicken soup. It’s my version of Jewish… Read More ›
HOME-STYLE JAPANESE FOOD
I did it again. Well, really, I didn’t have much choice. I had already opened the fish and used half the vegetables. They wouldn’t keep. I needed use the rest before it went bad. I think this will always be… Read More ›
HOME-STYLE MAKI ROLLS
I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging, but I did it again tonight. Well, really, I didn’t have much choice. I had opened the fish and the vegetables and they wouldn’t keep, so I needed use the rest of… Read More ›
GINGERBREAD ON BOXING DAY
This holiday season, I have yet to eat anything except ONE cannoli. It was the simplest (and best) cannoli — just the cheese without decorations and not dipped in chocolate. Even the apple pie seemed too sweet. To be fair, it… Read More ›
FINALLY FRUITCAKE!
Many people loathe fruitcake, but then again most of them have only eaten commercial fruitcake containing overly sweet bright dyed fruit no one would voluntarily eat. Garry loves fruitcake and so do I, but I like it homemade. I’ve made… Read More ›
THE MAKING OF A FRUITCAKE
Many people loathe fruitcake, but then again most of them have only eaten commercial fruitcake containing overly sweet bright dyed fruit no one would voluntarily eat. Garry loves fruitcake and so do I, but I like it homemade. I’ve made… Read More ›
SUPER SIMPLE RAW CRANBERRY- ORANGE RELISH
Thanksgiving is coming up fast. We’re almost there. How did the year disappear so quickly? It’s time to share one of my most popular side dishes. It’s a simple recipe with no cooking at all. It takes less than 10… Read More ›
A WEEK OF LOSING, A DAY OF FINDING
Last week was a loser in a literal sense. The first thing to mysteriously vanish was the sharpening sheath for my favorite small kitchen blade. Since the knife and the sheath never left the kitchen, it simply had to be… Read More ›
BAKING, COOKING, EATING, AND BLOATED
I wasn’t sure I had the strength to write anything tonight. Owen and I spent the day in the kitchen. We made a brisket — half a brisket because the whole thing was big enough to feed at least eight… Read More ›
THE BEST RECIPE FOR CORNED BEEF
I did not write the original recipe. The author noted is Grace Jenkins. Wherever she is, this recipe really is as promised and made the best corned beef I’ve ever eaten. Why am I talking about corned beef? Because we… Read More ›
THE SLOW COOKER THAT WOULDN’T COOK
I only bought the slow cooker about a year ago. It was larger than the other one I had, which is small. Some meals needed more room than the three-quart unit. I didn’t use the bigger one very often until… Read More ›
LEARNING NEW SKILLS AS THE QUARANTINE GOES ON AND ON AND ON
Owen was home for the day and decided it was a good day to learn to bake bread. I have a lot of old cookbooks from as early as 1899 (it is a reprint of the book that eventually became… Read More ›
AND THEN THE WIND BLEW AND THE LIGHTS WENT DARK
I had a nice set of posts planned for this evening until the wind came up and the lights went out. We got a lot of wind which, apparently brought down some trees and although it is usually dark here… Read More ›
LOKSHEN KUGEL (NOODLE PUDDING) FOR DINNER, DESSERT, SNACKS, WHATEVER
I have an abscess. It’s on the gum above what the dentist calls my upper number two tooth. The number one on that side was already pulled years ago. That was the one where they couldn’t even do a root… Read More ›
BANANA BREAD ANYONE?
We had three bananas in the kitchen. Not quite as ripe as I like them for making banana bread, but there were three. I feared if I didn’t use them, there would be one missing in short order. So, this… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 