Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Cooking on Nov 18th, 2009
Our Indian summer weather abandoned us this week for typical November gloom along with our first snow of the season. There was a dusting only and it didn’t last long, washed away by the rain and warm temperatures. A chilly prelude to the next few months.
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I’m knitting and cleaning and thinking about the holidays. As [...]
I have to start with a halfway decent picture at the top to make up for the crummy picture that follows.
I miss the light that makes photography so much easier in the summer. Except for high noon you can always find a place to position your knitting that will show off the details without washing [...]
This seems the right time of year to post a recipe that will help you use up all that garden produce. This recipe originated with our Aunt Evelyn who used to bring it to family picnics. I’m sure it’s not unique, since it’s just sliced veggies and a warm sweet and sour marinade. There is [...]
I took this quick picture before we devoured this cake so you won’t see any attempt at staging a shot. This is straight kitchen-counter, indoor-lighting, no-frills photography. What you can’t see is Jack sitting at the table with a fork and a glass of milk, waiting for me to “cut the damn cake already”.
I don’t [...]
Eleven mitered squares added to my socka socka blanket in the last couple of days.
It grows slowly partly because it takes some time to pick out new colors while I’m knitting. I try not to repeat a yarn within the same row or two and I try to complete the edges with a mostly dark [...]
Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2009
It’s been a while (a month!) since I’ve posted any recipes. I haven’t given up on cooking/baking and based upon how tight my jeans are, I haven’t made much progress in dieting either. That could be because I’m really good at rationalizing the need for cheese or potato chips or a glass of wine. Or [...]
It appears that I’m not done talking about fruitcake. In this case, it’s fruitcake biscotti, another holiday favorite in our house. This recipe is from an old issue of Eating Well magazine. It’s quick and easy and makes a lot of small biscotti.
Compared to some of the butter laden holiday treats we’ve been eating these [...]
I have a husband who likes fruitcake. Now I know fruitcakes are easy targets for ridicule. They’re heavy, rich and full of booze and last forever. While that last feature is often desirable in such things as good times and batteries, not so in most fruitcakes.
But there can be exceptions. Jack has specific ideas about [...]
Thanksgiving preparations are underway which is kind of ridiculous since I’m only cooking for two. But I decided to make tomorrow easy by cooking candied sweet potatoes (for Jack) and mashed potatoes (for me) and the pumpkin pie today. We’ll skip the stuffing this year to keep things simple. Or maybe not, I really like [...]
Posted in Cooking on Nov 18th, 2008
to California where my sister Geri made her first loaf. I admit I’m a little jealous because a) her loaf looks like it rose better than mine (and there were no tales of dough sticking to anything) and b) her kitchen is sunny enough that she can take good pictures in November without additional lighting.
But [...]
