I’m not sure why I chose to spend the hottest part of the day (11a-5p) in the kitchen. It just seemed like the thing to do. There is something quite satisfying about cooking, I have found. It is simple production (I put in effort and receive something tangible in return) and it [...]
Archive for the ‘Food and Wine’ Category
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” (V. Woolf)
Posted in Food and Wine, tagged bulk pie crusts, Kéan Coffee, Virgina Woolf on 18 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
Harvest Supper
Posted in Food and Wine, Personal, tagged Thanksgiving table settings on 2 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
Posted in Food and Wine, Personal, Philosophy and Theology on 2 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This has been a full weekend for our house, Joyous Gard (named after Lancelot’s castle refuge). We held our annual Harvest Supper, our semi-formal sit down dinner for around twenty guests. We set a candlelit table, dig out all our silverware and cloth napkins, and pool our cooking talents to produce a Thanksgiving-style [...]
C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me
Posted in Food and Wine, Personal, tagged The world is ending with an implosion of pink and white on 16 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mother’s cookie company closes amid bankruptcy
October 10, 2008
OAKLAND, Calif.-Mother’s Cookies has closed its doors for good.
Its Connecticut-based parent company filed for bankruptcy protection this week. Workers at its baking and distribution plants in Ohio and Canada were informed that operations would cease immediately.
Mother’s operated in Oakland for 92 years, but left the city in 2006 [...]
Kitchen Sink Pasta
Posted in Food and Wine, tagged Making stuff up with whatever's in the refridgerator on 18 August 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Almost) Every Sunday night, I make dinner for my housemates. Last night, I came home from a BBQ at my boyfriend’s with some grilled veggies and decided to make a cold pasta dish.
Two bags of penne pasta, cooked al dente, then run under cold water
A couple of italian squashes and zucchinis, sliced and grilled with EVOO
Small [...]
Shakespeare By The Sea
Posted in Food and Wine, Literary, Personal, tagged a midsummer night's dream, picnics, Shakespeare by the Sea on 30 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my summer traditions is taking a picnic to terribly acted, free, outdoor Shakespeare performance. Picnics are always enjoyable and bad Shakespeare is still funny, if a little painful. In accordance with this tradition I met some friends at a park in Laguna Niguel for Shakespeare by the Sea’s production of A [...]
Dreaming of Food
Posted in Food and Wine, tagged culinary escapades in Nod, toasted mushrooms on 23 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m a vivid dreamer, and a couple times recently, I’ve dreamt up delicious dishes that I’ve been eager (and as yet, unable) to try in the conscious realm.
The first was a homemade apple sauce with pears, seasoned with a spice, starting with the letter C. After smelling cumin, curry, and cardamom, I think I’ll go [...]
The markings of a good story (part one)
Posted in Food and Wine, Literary, Philosophy and Theology, tagged David, Leviticus on 6 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In First Samuel, the chronicler tells many stories from the life of David. David’s wheel of fortune leaves Boethius’s life looking like an afternoon stroll. His fortunes rise and fall quickly as he moves from being a shepherd, to a valued companion to the king, to a successful warrior, to a hunted man, to the [...]
Tasty Discovery
Posted in Food and Wine, tagged cumin corn salad on 4 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today we had lunch catered for an Open House and they brought something I’d never tried before: Cumin Corn Salad.
As best I can make out, it consists of sweet white corn kernels, halved cherry tomatoes, diced red onion, cilantro, and a heavy dash of cumin. Served cold. Delicious!
