Cooking
January 16, 2009
- In my parable, Heroes Arise, my protagonist--a desert kren--considers insects delicious, like dessert. Not me. I’ll take a slice of my favorite cake with buttercream frosting. But my husband had triple bypass surgery last September and I’m trying to serve heart-healthy meals. David can handle sugar. Fat and sodium are the evil non-identical twins. When I do serve cake, must I ...
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January 12, 2009
- I kneaded bread dough, my flour-covered hand pushing hard into the eleven-grain mound. The dull ache in my shoulder intensified. This sourdough mixture was as stiff as adobe soil in summer. Probably due to the extra graham flour I’d added this time. Would the stuff ever loosen up?Last week, my cobweb-covered brain had performed another sort of pushing--preparation for a tag-team ...
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January 4, 2009
- I feel better with crisis than without it.First of all, there isn't much of a crisis anyways; the stress levels at my job and at my husband's job are only a tad higher than usually and kids don't feel that at all. The increased VAT tax that had oh so many near-hysterical comments really hits in only at bookstores (where the added value is 16% instead of overall 3%). Since we have no big savings ...
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December 22, 2008
- Diets. I've got a theory of why they don't work. I discovered this years ago, when either hubby or I would be trying to knock off a few pounds. We'd watch what we ate, cut back on treats, eat smaller portions. However, it seemed that when he was doing the weight loss thing, I'd find my own weight creeping up despite no change in my own eating habits. We decided that there's a logical ...
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December 1, 2008
- As I write these words — the day after Thanksgiving — my stomach won’t stop bubbling and squealing. Yet my biggest regret about this Thanksgiving isn’t the gluttony in which I engaged, but rather the fact that my wife and I were sent home without any leftovers. It’s enough to make one feel cheated and, dare I say, somewhat thankless. Three weeks ago I had a “radical neck ...
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November 26, 2008
- Today at my home blog I am writing about pumpkin pie -- and sharing the best recipe in the world. Plotting your meal for tomorrow, make sure you include my grandmother's pumpkin pie! It is easy and truly delicious.http://aknickerson.blogspot.com/2008/11/field-trip-my-grandmothers-kitchen.html Happy Thanksgiving!
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November 15, 2008
- My boyfriend Michael is a foodie. He's a foodie, and he's a good cook. For years, he has loved to prepare food, starting back when he was young and worked in his local deli cutting up beef tongue for sandwiches. Later, in college, he baked his own breads, one of his best friends a baker at a downtown bakery. The friend would invite him to the bakery at three am to punch down the ...
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November 13, 2008
- WHEN I WAS A KID - Seven Thanksgiving made a special impression on me when I was a kid. Two separate Thanksgiving experiences in my life were pivotal. Experiences that, in very important ways, changed me forever. THE THANKSGIVING POEMWhat I learned about school is important, and I finally learned it in fifth grade. It took me that long because, when I was a kid, I thought that adults were ...
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November 6, 2008
- One of the reasons to be in France in the autumn is to eat wild mushrooms. There is a long tradition of mushroom foraging in France and just last week the television featured a story about harvesting mushrooms in the forest of Fontainebleau. This forest, which surrounds the chateau, is not far from Paris. The French nobility were smart in building their homes close to large woods, which provided ...
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November 5, 2008
- While the idea of a pot-luck surprise birthday party for a friend sounded like a fun idea, I must say that I was antsy when I learned that I was assigned to make a cake. That’s right; make a cake. Not bring. Make. I don’t cook. Especially not anything that has to look nice and be eaten by others.So I was elated when I found this recipe on-line (30-minute desserts for dummies dot com): ...
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