We're all good enough to be great cooks
I’m always on the lookout for ways to make the dark days of January a little more cozy, and food plays a big part of that. I’ve read that because there isn’t as much daylight in winter, we are automatically drawn to carb heavy foods. …
As a very experienced cook and baker, I can generally make anything I set my mind to. My bread making skills have been a little less than stellar, though. My problem comes down to one thing: a nice crust and a super dense loaf. Where …
January is my least favorite month. While I do love seeing the snow outside my window as I snuggle down under a layer of blankets with some tea, there is something about the long hours of darkness that just seems to drain the life out …
Now that the holidays are almost over, I feel like reality is about to set in: there are still about 10 rough weeks of cold and gray weather ahead. It also looks like we’ll be dodging COVID for the foreseeable future which is a fun …
For the most part, I love winter. As someone who also loves 19th century Russian literature, snow, cold air blasting me in the face, and long dark nights are totally my thing. But in my long experience with New York winters, I have learned there …
This week we experienced both spring and winter. New York has a hard time making up its mind like that. At present, we are immersed in winter, and as we reach the end of December, it looks like the cold will be sticking with us …
I will go to very great lengths to avoid crowds. I live next to a giant mall (I can literally see the lights from my bedroom), but I only ever order things online. Groceries? Target run? Only very early before most people are out. Not …
Today is my 37th wedding anniversary and it has me reminiscing about a lot of things, not the least of which is the fact that my husband left his home and family in France to come to the US to marry me. I guess you …
As I write this post just a couple of days after Thanksgiving, we are still drowning in turkey. We have a really small family, so something more the size of a large chicken would probably do, but an 11 pound turkey was the smallest I …
When are vegetables not like vegetables? When they taste DELICIOUS! Like this pureed butternut squash. Smooth, creamy, and flavored with maple syrup, cinnamon, butter, and heavy cream, you can eat this in place of mashed potatoes. We had this batch as a side to salmon, …
