Archive for November, 2006
Sunday, November 26th, 2006
Through some miracle of Sweet Providence, I have emerged from the bewildering commotion of Thanksgiving proceedings relatively unscathed. No emotional contusions were suffered, thankfully, although I was attacked variously by a frozen prawn, an industrial dish rack and, at a friendly game of poker with the gents from work, a ...
Posted in Bread, Fowl, Fruits, Potatoes, Vegetables | 2 Comments »
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
It's Thanksgiving in America. It's a day on which we give thanks for the blessings of family, friends and food. Technically, Thanksgiving is a holiday. Most of us have the day off work and do little else but eat and sink into a languid stupefaction. For this reason, it is ...
Posted in Fowl | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
When I decided that I did not, after all, feel compelled to make fresh cranberry and tangerine relish, I made fresh cranberry and tangerine juice instead. It's quite excellent to be reunited with my juicer; I've missed her so. The insistent centrifugal whir of her thousand tiny steel teeth stirs ...
Posted in Beverages, Fruits | 3 Comments »
Monday, November 20th, 2006
I love cooking for friends, especially when they invite me to come over and mess up their kitchen instead of my own. Almost as sure as the nose on the back of my neck, if I cook dinner at someone else's house, I don't even have to think about cleaning ...
Posted in Fish and Seafood | 1 Comment »
Saturday, November 18th, 2006
Of the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of responses to my ichthyological quiz, not one contained the correct answer. This is hardly shocking. In America the species is more commonly encountered as a filet, either on a plate or sealed and frozen in plastic. I'm not a big fan of ...
Posted in Fish and Seafood, Vegetables | No Comments »
Sunday, November 12th, 2006
Cooking and eating are, for me, two very distinctly seperate pleasures. Oddly enough, the detached tranquility that creativity in the kitchen confers upon me is infrequently accompanied by a desire to eat what's been created. In my little world, the inspiration to cook usually begins with hunger - or at ...
Posted in Bread, Cheese, Fish and Seafood, Herbs | No Comments »
Friday, November 10th, 2006
The marine creature depicted in the image (at nearly actual size) was purchased in Missouri, but she's originally from China. She's as common as salmon on American menus these days. Can you guess the fish?
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