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July 27, 2009
- I had never seen a kayak fisherman. At first, approaching the beached, bright yellow plastic boat with all its rigging, and the blond fisherman himself in his hefty gaiters, with an official-looking document swinging like a press pass around his neck, I thought I'd stumbled across a researcher. But no, Steve, as he introduced himself, worked construction, and had just come in from fishing on his ...
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July 7, 2009
- I hadn't an iota what to make for dinner but, nevertheless, I drove to the fish market on the other side of town in search of some ideas. When I was there I decided that I wanted a little of everything. Monk Fish. Freshly shelled prawns. A bag of Galway Bay Mussels and some more prawns, this time, still glistening in the shell.....I decided to make Paella. Relive our recent trip to Spain. ...
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May 29, 2009
- Apologies for the long gap between entries. I was finishing my novel, One Amazing Thing, literally working on it day and night. Everything else fell by the wayside. It was intense. My family lived on sandwiches and pizza. (I suspect the boys didn't mind the pizza bit too much). But now that the household is slowly being restored to normal and I'm back in the kitchen, I thought I'd indulge in ...
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May 22, 2009
- War correspondent Matt McAllester fled into the fields of battle to escape an alcoholic, mentally ill mother. In his memoir, Bittersweet, he tries to make amends with her, in the kitchen. Read my interview with McAllester on The Daily Beast.
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March 16, 2009
- I have never been a patient person. I'm not sure why I'm always wanting things to clip along at a nice rhythm, moving and going and just flowing along without impediment. I don't want to sit on a bench during a walk--and no, I don't want to stop for coffee, either. I want to move, to roll, to get out of Dodge and then come back. Maybe around 7 we can stop and pull up a couch and watch ...
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February 27, 2009
- I sat in front of the computer this morning, as I always do, skimming the headlines before checking my emails. One particular story caught my eye, my funnybone, and my heart: Chef Emeril Lagasse has offered to replace an entire set of cookware for 70-year-old Ellen Basinski of Elyria, Ohio. On Tuesday, 4 teenagers broke into Mrs. Basinski’s home. Fortunately, she was on the telephone ...
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February 16, 2009
- The slightly interesting headline pulls my attention from the Victoria’s Secret ad. I put down my coffee cup to peruse the article. “Bocuse d’Or victory goes to Norwegian,” it says. I read further. The prize for this prestigious culinary competition was $26,000. Big deal. My 401k lost that much the last three months. Crap. Back to the Victoria’s Secret ad. Gawd, I love that spicy ...
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February 10, 2009
- Books provide meals for the mind. It’s a fact. I’m not talking about cookery books—although there can be and is great pleasure for me in reading a good recipe and anticipating its arrival on my table as real food. No, I’m talking about those sublime literary food moments which, once read about, stick in the memory forever. For me, many—but not all—of these moments occurred in ...
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January 30, 2009
- Important Rule of Cooking: If you create a new recipe and it’s a hit, write down what you did. And the sooner the better. You wouldn’t believe how many mushrooms David and I consumed during the past two weeks as I sought to solve the case of the mysterious anniversary sauce. Here’s the result of my efforts. Now I can get back to working on my next novel, set in early ...
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January 24, 2009
- (Listening to Bring it On by Gomez, perfect blogging soundtrack. Also: all links open new windows, as usual, so feel free to click away!) I was absolutely delighted to discover last week that I've been awarded a "making lemonade out of life's lemons" blog award by the wonderful poet and writer Carolyn Jess-Cooke who blogs at the Risktaker's Guide to Endorphins. She says of the ten ...
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