Adventures of a (Somewhat) Redneck Home CookE and I went out for supper last night. It was at her behest. There was negotiation involved. I wanted to go to Jerry’s Fish House. She wanted to go to Aladdin. So what’s halfway between catfish and Mediterranean food? How about slightly high brow Tex-Mex? Here’s what they have to say about themselves: Sombra [...]
Great sauce for tofu or chicken: In your 12-inch cast iron skillet, brown a diced onion in 2 tbsp a neutral oil, add a tablespoon of curry powder and a cup of walnuts or cashews and stir it together. Add a can of coconut milk and bring it to a boil. Add your protein. Once [...]
Man, it was cutthroat in the Chapel Hill Whole Foods parking lot, and often just as bad in Durham. We’re getting one in Highland Village next year. Thank God I’ll be able to walk there.
The food section in the Times is good today, if you haven’t already discovered this fact over your morning coffee. Alissa Rubin has a piece on food, memory and longing in Kabul as a war correspondent. I thought it was beautiful, nostalgic as I am. Food, trains, fishing and country music are much of what I [...]
We got a new fridge Saturday. I’ve been thinking about best practices with fruits and vegetables. So it follows that I’d find this post from Get Rich Slowly, my favorite personal finance blog, interesting.
Ipad users: Bittman’s two Ipad apps, How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian are on sale at half price. I think this will last until Valentine’s day. I downloaded both Saturday night and spent yesterday afternoon making and freezing pizza crust for Friday night, trying my hand at refried black beans, making [...]
It’s the bomb. It’s like pumpkin, but better.I decided Monday night that I was going to get all of the vegetables I wanted roasted for the week roasted, so I roasted two butternut squashes and a bell pepper that had been sitting in the fridge and was on the cusp of becoming undesirable. Supper Monday night was [...]
I’ve been on a grape tear recently. My boss came into my office this morning to talk about the grant that we’re (I’m) writing and no sooner had we started than I had pulled out my baggie of super chilled red seedless grapes. I offered her (the chance to feed me) some, but she refused. [...]
