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• Zucchini Sauteed with Tomatoes and Marjoram

  

  If you’ve got a garden, a CSA box, or just try to buy seasonally, you’re awash with zucchinis right now, and maybe even the more exotic summer... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• White Bean & Kale Soup

  

  I bought a rather large bag of pre-washed kale for a pizza I made a few days ago. Sorry – no pictures. I was too hungry to stop and document the process — but i... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Mushberry Smoothie

  

  While on our first (annual?) week-long getaway to the coast, we noticed little E was a bit preoccupied with the berries. Like his mama and his aunts, he loves... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Vacation Blueberry Pie

  

  Cooking in an unfamiliar kitchen is always a bit of an adventure. You never know what you’re going to find, what “obvious essentials” will be glaringly absent,... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Aide-Memoire: Learning To Measure Teaspoons and Tablespoons by Sight

  

  I used to wonder at the TV chefs that seemed to breeze through their shows without measuring anything. A quarter cup of olive oil? Just a few glugs. A teaspoon... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Rose Cake (Guest Post)

  

  A little while ago I posted an amazing-looking cake on my facebook page. Kathy, my “aunt-in-law” (or whatever one calls one’s husband’s aunt), noticed this... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Roasted Corn and Black Bean Salad

  

  It’s been hot. I don’t have to tell you that though. You’re all too well acquainted with that by now. And the kitchen, and more specifically, the kitchen... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Sprained Sangria

  

  This one’s for the cocktail column!And it’s called “Sprained Sangria” because I only noticed my wrist was sprained after I finished.It was a sunny, beautiful... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Cherry Frangipane Tart

  

  Much as I want to try and alternate the sweet stuff around here with the savory, I’m also well aware that cherry season is in its full glorious swing. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Duck Egg Sponge Cake with Raspberry Cream Icing (Raspberry Fluff Cake)

  

  Some may find inspiration from travel, I’m currently finding culinary inspiration from a bedtime story (my children’s, not mine). Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Strawberry Jam with Natural Fruit Pectin

  

  If you get too deep into something, whatever it is, people seem to need to divide themselves into camps. Even canners have their factions. (Yes, really). Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Seattle Eats: Salumi Artisan Cured Meats

  

  If you have read Bill Buford‘s Heat, a few passages are certain to be impressed in your memory. Some, perhaps, if only for their sheer lunacy–Buford somehow... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 FOOD & DRINK