Tag Archives: cooking

Hi ho silver & let them eat caviar (Cowboy Caviar, that is!)

Dear friends,  I can’t help myself.  Barry and I stumbled upon this post from 2010 yesterday morning at 6:30 and totally cracked up.  (Well, he may have left for work, rolling his eyes!)  I insisted upon reading it aloud to … Continue reading

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The joy of cooking (without a recipe)

One of my greatest joys in the last year or two has been tossing the recipe book out the window. Adieu, dear recipe book, you’ve been a wonderful teacher, a darling guide. But it’s time to learn to cook without … Continue reading

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Shanghai and away!

Last week I sat down in our local coffee shop, Java by the Bay, chatting with a friend, Anni, while waiting for her daughter, Christina, and son-in-law, Alex, to arrive. I was especially excited to see Christina because she’s an up-and-coming blogger.  … Continue reading

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Oh the foods that you’ll eat!

You think burdock is unusual, you say? You think the slender pungent root of the wild and prickly and dangerous burdock plant is food fit for farm animals and wild rodents? (If you taste it raw–like I did last week … Continue reading

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Hi ho silver & let them eat caviar (Cowboy Caviar, that is!)

Welcome to the Old West, you cowfolk.  I hope everyone is hungry.  Someone get the grill going.  How ’bout if you play your guitar?  Something like Home, Home on the Range?  Gracias, amigo.  Now, some of you want to come into … Continue reading

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The smell of fresh-baked bread

Sniff. Inhale deeply. Smell the aroma of fresh-baked bread? Smell that yeasty goodness of simple flour, salt, yeast (and perhaps sesame seeds) mixed together in a glass bowl?  Are your taste buds watering?  Would you like a buttered piece of … Continue reading

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