Monthly Archives: May 2009

I don’t think there’s anything mysterious on this plate, with the exception of the floating fork.  Grape tomatoes, grilled corn on the cob, grilled red pepper (which I think officially makes it a pimento), hummus, olices, and cucumbers . . … Continue reading →

The variation? Chinese broccoli, which didn’t grill quite as wonderfully as I’d hoped (or anticipated, or wished). To steal a line from Giles Corey, “More veggie burgers!”

Traditionally, yellow curry has boiled chicken, onions, and chestnuts in it. Not much else. But since I’m not eating meat these days, I usually ask for tofu to swap out for the chicken. But I got to thinking that yellow … Continue reading →

Over a decade ago, a friend of mine had her parents hand carry this rice cooker to me from Hong Kong. I’ve seldom had as useful an appliance (and I’m someone who loves my stand mixer, often uses my blender, … Continue reading →

It is possible that I got a little carried away with the grilling. It’s possible that I grilled too many veggie burgers. That I grilled too much corn. (What?! I can almost hear Michael. You can’t have too much corn!) … Continue reading →

It’s easy enough to get carried away with buying vegetables in the store that look like they’d be great on the grill . . . but what do you do with them once you’ve pulled them off the grill? Veggie … Continue reading →

As close as we are to California, we get a nice mix of produce from there before our season heats up here. The salad greens have lost most of their radicchio, which is sure sign that winter is almost over. … Continue reading →

Michael has never really liked lentils. He’s worked really hard to come to terms with them, and he found this recipe for red lentil dhal, which I made that same day: Red Lentil Dhal ========== Rinse a cup of red … Continue reading →

While we were in Maryland, packing up the dome, the ‘rents took us to dinner at one of their local restaurants, Bud’s at Silver Run. It’s a very meat-centric menu, but Sallygra had called to ask if they’d come up … Continue reading →

Another Orangette recipe, one we often eat for breakfast. I’ve stopped serving it on top of the toast, as I don’t really like mushy bread, and I tend to go heavy on the kale, light on the bread and eggs, … Continue reading →