the foodie book club: the nasty bits

In for a penny, in for pound, right? Not only did I join the Kitchen Reader, I also joined the Foodie Book Club. More reading is good for me! This month’s selection was The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain. Anthony Bourdain is probably best known for being […]

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rosemary pasta with basic tomato sauce

Making fresh pasta has been a goal of mine for a while. I don’t have a pasta roller and I eat dinner alone most nights, so it seemed like a lot of work just for myself. As motivation I decided to invite some friends over for a little pasta party. Work-intensive dishes are more fun […]

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garden update: march 31

This week’s weather forecast has higher temperatures in the Midwest than in SoCal. Oh, irony. However, my little garden patch carries on. Mostly. On the sprout front: The tomatoes are still doing well. Now that the real leaves are developing I’m going to need to thin and transplant them soon. We were gone for five […]

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the kitchen reader: eat, memory

The March selection for The Kitchen Reader book club was Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table, a Collection of Essays from the New York Times edited by Amanda Hesser. This book is a compilation of 26 essays which originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine. Editor Amanda Hesser published a series of stories […]

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asian slaw with tofu

When a good friend came to visit us last week her only requests for activities were “hang out” and “eat cookies.” That I could handle. What worried me was the non-cookie food. This friend was a notoriously picky eater for many years and I was trying to use up some veggies languishing in our fridge […]

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gone fishin'

We’ve been in the great state of Minnesota since Wednesday and while I did plan to post from here, we have just not had the time. We are having a lot of fun, though, and were privileged to be part of a wonderful wedding last night for some great friends. So stay tuned! I have […]

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csa share 03/16/10

Did you think we were going to get cabbage this week for St. Patrick’s Day? Nope. According to their website, “Due to some miscommunication two weeks ago, our tractor driver plowed our cabbage under. Six rows that probably still held another 150-200 head of cabbage are now worm food.” Oops. We still got plenty of […]

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the traveling bakers

My pantry currently contains over 20 pounds of King Arthur Flour. Half of that is whole wheat, a little over five pounds in bread flour, and their all-purpose flour makes an appearance as well. The Vermont-based company is employee-owned and takes great pride in its programs and products. They even have a bakers’ hotline to […]

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science at the salk institute

Last week a friend suggested that we visit the Salk Institute in La Jolla. Named after Jonas Salk, creator of the polio vaccine, the institute was designed by Louis Kahn and built in the 1960s on a piece of prime ocean-view coastal property. They offer daily architectural tours during the week which was our plan. […]

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pi day, observed

Instead of baking a pie for Pi Day, I baked a pie on Pi Day. Now I am observing it, bank-style, on Monday. For those of you who are confused, we’re talking math… sort of. Remember that whole circumference of a circle thing? Ï€ = approximately 3.14159265, often shortened to 3.14, and observed on 3/14. […]

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