After weeks of meals brought by friends, meals bought from the steam table at Whole Foods, meals to-go from various local restaurants, we are indeed, in fact, cooking. A few nights ago, I took the meatballs and peas recipe and…
Category: recipes
gratitudes & recipes of the week: green chile chicken enchiladas and potato latkes
I am so grateful to everyone who commented and sent emails and called this week offering love, support, and encouragement, in response to my previous post — as we three struggle with our nursing, calming, napping, etc. Thank you! On…
recipe of the week: the potatoes have eyes
and not in a good halloween-y kind of way. I was tired. So tired. Going to bring home take-out after swim class kind of tired. And then I became possessed. Inspired. Something. There was a big bag of potatoes in…
curiouser and curiouser, and recipe of the week
Burger for breakfast? Not just a burger, but one half of a leftover burger, cold from the fridge, with cold barbecue sauce, onions, and bacon, and mushy whole wheat bun, from yesterday’s lunch. Really? I opened the fridge, I was…
will the real salmon quiche please stand up?
Write a blog post about your search for the quiche of yore, and your mother’s inability to help you recreate it. Have your dad find out about the problem because he reads your blog. Suddenly, the old recipe appears: Apparently…
salmon quiche la poodle*
I am vainly chasing the salmon quiche of my childhood. My mother used to make it, but it’s been a LONG time, and she can’t remember the recipe anymore. I’ve been searching the internet; nothing even sounds close. The quiche…
recipe of the week: pork chops and applesauce (and smoothie redux)
It’s too freaking hot outside to cook anything even remotely like this today. But a few days ago, on a cooler evening, this masterpiece emerged from my kitchen: The recipe comes from the Food Network website, with a few minor…
recipe of the week: meatballs and green peas
This is one of Scott’s favorites. He’s been hinting for days that he would like me to make this dish. It’s another one that I learned from my Aunt Renee. It’s Syrian, and I’ve been making it from memory ever…