I was sitting at the kitchen counter recently when I noticed in my peripheral vision a few freckled bananas. Almost instaneously, I thought of a recipe that I saw not too long ago over at Sassy Radish. I knew that I had to make banana bread. Last time I saw rapidly-darkening bananas, I made banana [...]
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mom, writer, cook, runner; in that order.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Jun 25
Bagels
Bagels are the third bread in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge line-up. Unlike the anadama bread and the christopsomos bread, (obviously) this isn’t the first time I’ve heard of or had bagels. Also, it isn’t the first time that I have made bagels. In the past, I have used a bagel recipe that I found [...]
Jun 21
Artos: Greek Celebration Bread
Over the last two days, I baked the second bread from The Bread Baker’s Apprentice book: Artos. After the anadama bread, I was excited to try this second bread that I wouldn’t have ever tried under any other circumstances. There were three versions of the bread in the book. Plain, if you can call something [...]
Jun 14
Anadama bread
Since more than one of my major writing projects have to do with food, I feel less and less guilty that I spend so much time thinking about it. So, when I was looking around at blogs, I came across this BBA Challenge at Pinch My Salt. I knew that wanted to participate. Perhaps this [...]
Jun 09
1001 foods: rambutan
I like going to ZZ’s Produce even though it is far out of the way. Last time I went, it was crowded. I didn’t feel like sticking around until I saw them. Rambutan. So I bought a few of them and took them home. They reminded me of peeled grapes in texture and tasted mildly [...]
Jun 08
Asparagus-artichoke polenta with vodka cream sauce
First I have to say that this Paperchef contest made me feel all Iron-Chef-like. All I needed was Alton Brown’s commentary as I cooked. However, my technique would probably make him turn away in fear and disbelief. And here, in Sherlonya Stadium, I had to come up with a dish using asparagus, artichoke, tuna and [...]
Jun 08
Food-related challenge
I have been reading various food blogs for several years now. I have more cookbooks than one person should have. Ever. Especially if that person works in a public library where she can have free, easy access to a variety of cookbooks on pretty much any topic she pleases. And that’s before you even think [...]
Jun 07
Kitchen Adventures
I almost wrote “kitten adventures” for the title of this post. Entirely different connotation, far creepier. But, alas, I wrote kitchen adventures. Recently, I purchased a book called 1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die. I had been lovingly thumbing through the book every time I went to the bookstore. So, finally, inevitably, I [...]