Much of my time is spent in the kitchen, slicing, dicing, cooking, baking, creating. It’s one of the things I love doing. My collection of cookbooks is vast! I’m afraid to count, but most of them were acquired second hand. There are also plenty of […]
While browsing through various blogs yesterday, I came across a post by Sridevi at “coconut craze” (https://coconutcraze.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/easy-mexican-ricespanish-rice-with-beans/ ). She shared a story about a nickel. This brought back memories, of when I first arrived in the US many years ago. Foreign languages are hard enough to […]
My friend Jon and I have been getting together some afternoons, to expand our creative cooking horizons. It’s fun to explore new ingredients, familiar staples and to challenge ourselves to come up with interesting new flavors and textures. This afternoon, we chose brown lentils, red bell peppers, fresh shiitake […]
The leaves have fallen and the rain has returned. Winter always puts me in the mood for soup.It warms and nourishes the body and soul. It also is a great opportunity to clean out the vegetable drawers! Last night I made an especially delicious one, […]
in cahoots with muddy boots 