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Monday, January 28th, 2008I really enjoy BBC Radio 4, and, more specifically, I love The Archers. In brief, it’s a twelve-and-half minute audio soap opera that’s been on for, I think, forever. Or since 1951, which is pretty much the same thing.
Anyway, a character recently said something I’ve been thinking about ever since:
“Could you pass the lime marmalade?”
Having […]
Belgian… spaghetti.
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Yeah, not waffles, not chocolate. Belgian Spaghetti — Student Style, specifically.
I adapted the recipe just slightly from Everyone Eats Well In Belgium. I got the recipe from FreshDirect’s collection, and let me tell you, if all recipes are as good as this one was, I’m going to have to buy the book.1
Oof! Maybe not […]
The aforementioned best cookies.
Friday, December 28th, 2007I’m not generally a chocolate chip cookie lover. I’m just not. They’re either too thin, too crispy, too doughy, too something and never in a good way.
But it was Christmas and we heard Santa only really likes chocolate chip cookies, so I went looking for a recipe.
Now, I love AllRecipes. Love it. It’s the […]
Why I love Big Lots, part 2
Thursday, December 20th, 2007Years ago, I saw a PBS documentaries called, quite simply, A Hot Dog Program. Since then, I’ve seen it several more times (it’s also available on Netflix, I think) because that’s how much I love hot dogs. It borders on unnatural.
In this documentary, one of the segments is about a Cleveland hot dog specialty, Stadium […]
Shove off, Toblerone.
Thursday, December 6th, 2007I have a new Swiss favorite: raclette.
My mother-in-law sent me a gift certificate from my birthday, and I promptly went out and bought this grill/griddle/raclette maker.
So, that’s the raclette cheese, some salami, cornichons and small Yukon Golds.
First, a warning.
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Potato-leek soup
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Let’s face it, you’re not going to impress anyone with the looks of this soup. It looks like wallpaper paste.
It tastes considerably better.
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101 Simple Meals: The end?
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007At this point, I’ve been making these meals for so long now, I’ve sort of forgotten how to live any other way. I’m about to make a grocery list and once I jotted down staples we’ve run out of (sugar, milk) and things I’d like to have (olives, oatmeal), I picked up my battered, stained […]
101 Simple Meals: #96
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Description: “A Roman classic: In lots of olive oil, lightly cook lots of slivered garlic, with six or so anchovy fillets and a dried hot chili or two. Dress pasta with this.”
Notes: I had more than six fillets from the tin I opened earlier in the week, and I was wary of putting them all […]
101 Simple Meals: #23
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Description: “The New York supper: Bagels, cream cheese, smoked salmon. Serve with tomatoes, watercress or arugula, and sliced red onion or shallot.”
Notes: I think I’m a bagel prude. I like my (never raisin and never ever blueberry) bagel with cream cheese and, if I’m feeling especially sassy, maybe tomato. So, I stuck with the basics […]
101 Simple Meals: #81
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Description: “Combine crab meat with mayo, Dijon mustard, chives and tarragon. Serve in a sandwich, with potato chips.”
Notes: My first instinct is always to say “oh, I don’t like crab” but once I think about it, I realize I’ve only had imitation crab.
Well, this was canned crab — and I don’t like that either. […]
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