Category Archives: cooking

Not all beans are created equal

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

As part of the 8th grade’s trip to DC each spring, we go to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home. It is my favorite part of the trip. His vital creativity and inventive genius is manifested in every aspect of the house, … Continue reading →

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Onions by William Matthews

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

How easily happiness begins by dicing onions. A lump of sweet butter slithers and swirls across the floor of the sauté pan, especially if its errant path crosses a tiny slick of olive oil. Then a tumble of onions. xxx … Continue reading →

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All kinds of harvest here…

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

JB’s retirement has brought all sorts of delicious perks to our relationship, especially the enthusiastically prepared new recipes he has been making for dinner lately. What a treat to come home to some new healthy gourmet creation after an intense … Continue reading →

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Even the alleys are rich with possibilities

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

OK. JB and I are definitely alley rats. We do indeed scour the alleys, looking for treasures, which is almost daily since we need to go through the alley to get to the garage. The building behind us is filled … Continue reading →

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Digestive ecstasy

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

JB and I started a tradition last year of starting the school year with a delicious dinner at Kendall College Culinary School. This year, once again, we had an amazing taste experience, made even more delicious by the presentations and … Continue reading →

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And still more cucumbers!

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

JB makes the best Sunomo. Here he is madly preparing this amazing dish, trying to keep up with the bountiful harvest from our garden. (NB: No need to seed the cucumbers. Also this dish tastes best if it refrigerates over … Continue reading →

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Interspersing the layers of lasagna

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

Last night HR came over, a friend of IB’s, to make her “world famous” lasagna. Luckily the weather cooperated and did not soar into the realms that might make cooking this dish in the summer a bit like preparing a … Continue reading →

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Awash in cucumbers

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

We are awash in cucumbers. Pictured above are four of the kinds of cucumbers we are growing this year: Little Leaf, Lemon (the round yellow), Chinese (the long thin ones), and Parisian Pickling (the pear-shaped, yellowish, bumpy ones). Today we … Continue reading →

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Yassa au Poulet

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Passover starts tomorrow night and is my favorite holiday of the year. It’s a celebration, though intended to be religious, which is actually quite politically activist, a holiday which renews our commitment to bringing about freedom and justice for all … Continue reading →

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Reopening the back porch

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

The reopening of the back porch is our yearly ritual. It’s when the weather gets a bit warmer and we are able to sit out on it without freezing to death. Over the winter months, the back porch becomes a … Continue reading →

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