I had a meeting with a business partner at ten in the morning. He promised coffee, and I promised healthy baked goods. But I rolled out of bed behind schedule, at eight o’clock, after staying up late playing stupid computer games. (If you must know: Oregon Trail on Facebook, in which […]
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Early Morning Pumpkin Raisin Muffins
31-Dec-07My Food Resolutions for 2008
30-Dec-07
1. Learn about and cook more Maine food.
A lot of good food comes out of my kitchen, but there’s not much that’s specifically about Maine flavors, except the produce and local meat and fish. In 2008, I’d like to figure out more of what constitutes a Maine flavor to food. Given the […]
Dinner Tonight: Easy Spicy Broccoli
29-Dec-07This was the other dish I used the cast iron skillet for, over our brief Christmas visit. At home, we often make this as dinner, served over some quinoa, but for our Szechuan-themed Christmas eve dinner, it was a fine accompaniment to peanut chicken and a cucumber salad with rice wine vinegar.
Versatile, easy, delicious, […]
Pear-Ginger Upside-Down Skillet Cake
28-Dec-07We travelled to visit our very good friends outside of Boston for Christmas. I brought my 12″ cast iron skillet. Over the course of the visit, I wound up using it for bacon, sauteéing turkey livers, and at least one or two other applications.
But general-purpose uses aren’t why I brought the skillet. […]
Well, it’s been quite a crazy two weeks, hasn’t it? My work life has taken a turn for the weird, we successfully navigated the winter holiday festivities, and meanwhile, Portland keeps getting buried under more and more snow.
Barb and I got the annual holiday cookie deliveries on the Friday before Christmas. The […]
Yesterday, while the weather was busy snowing and sleeting and generally causing unhappiness for travellers, I spent the day in the kitchen. I emptied out the chicken carcasses I’d been saving in the freezer and made chicken stock; what better use for a cold, wintery day than eight hours of simmering chicken bones?
I also […]
Yesterday afternoon we moved our cars down by the East End beach, in anticipation of the crazy storm and the inevitable parking ban. This morning at 6AM the early risers from Munjoy Hill trudged down to begin the long, arduous process of chipping 1/2″ of solid ice off of our cars.
It took us over […]
What to do with a single, beautiful pomegranate, and a dinner hostess who loves chocolate?
Chocolate Mousse with Olive Oil
Adapted from delicious:days
(Note: Somehow, when reading the original recipe, “3 egg yolks plus 3 egg whites” got translated into 6 eggs, separated. No wonder it made 11 servings instead of 4-6. Do as I […]
The New Best Cornbread Ever.
16-Dec-07I thought I had the recipe for the best cornbread ever. I really did. My favorite cookbook, Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything, rarely steers me wrong.
But then we were headed for dinner at a friend’s house, and a slight wheat allergy meant that I had to get creative. Bittman’s recipe, like […]
All this snow has got me in a holiday mood. And holidays mean sweets.
White Chocolate Pudding with Pomegranate Seeds. I love white chocolate. I know it’s not real chocolate. But I still love it.
Kahlua Date Nut Bread. The Maine version might involve Allen’s Coffee Brandy instead. (Seriously. Mainers […]