Category Archives: cooking

Crab apple butter

Posted on November 2, 2015 by jyourist

JB has always talked about how his mother made crab apple jelly and jam. The family would pick crab apples in Humboldt Park and she would cook them with plums, cinnamon, allspice, and sugar. After using a food strainer to … Continue reading →

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Delicious transformations

Posted on September 19, 2015 by jyourist

Yesterday’s abundant harvest of tomatoes from our garden was transformed this afternoon into a cold Moroccan Tomato Soup as well as a version of Ratatouille. The recipe for the cold soup is below. I used three kinds of organic eggplant, … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day and Solstice Dinner

Posted on June 21, 2015 by jyourist

Father’s Day and Summer Solstice dinner prepared by me and my son for JB: Grilled Rainbow Trout, grilled mushrooms and asparagus, Japanese cole slaw, rice. Not pictured: grilled onions and Japanese sweet potatoes; Negronis, Sake, Aberlour; turtle torte, mango custard, … Continue reading →

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Jacob’s Guile

Posted on April 8, 2015 by jyourist

One of the most important things that JB has brought to our relationship is his recipe for Jacob’s Guile. He said he got the recipe from an old friend in the 70s (who found it in a Time-Life cookbook) and he … Continue reading →

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Cultural Umami: quality of ingredients, time, and intention.

Posted on March 10, 2015 by jyourist

For a while my son, IB, has been thinking about going back to Japan. He has felt compelled to return after his year teaching English in Satsuma-Sendai on the southernmost island of Kyushu a few years ago. In his latest … Continue reading →

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Mrouzia for the New Year

Posted on January 1, 2015 by jyourist

Last night JB and I planned an extensive and delicious New Year’s meal, whose centerpiece was Mrouzia, a very important Morrocan dish usually served during Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Festival of the Sacrifice of Ishmael (the sacrifice of Isaac in … Continue reading →

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Gourmet Birthday

Posted on April 26, 2014 by jyourist

Last night we celebrated IB’s birthday at Kendall College. Here are some of the amazing dishes we ate, created by the seniors at the school and served to us by the hospitality majors. Yes, life is good (and quite luscious).

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Romanian Pot le gel

Posted on March 26, 2014 by jyourist

My Romanian grandmother (my mother’s mother) used to make this dish and when I was young, I hated it. My mother would put great big dollops of it on her salad instead of dressing or slather it across thick slices … Continue reading →

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Ida’s oatmeal cookies

Posted on January 5, 2014 by jyourist

My mother was not a cook of any kind. She wanted to be a modern American woman (her parents were immigrants from Romania) and felt progressive and vogue with her TV dinners and Campbell soups. My husband’s mother, on the … Continue reading →

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Michelangelo’s Shopping List…

Posted on December 21, 2013 by jyourist

…for his cook who was illiterate.

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