Archive for November, 2006

Late November Griddlecakes

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 ...

Carnival of Crapulence

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 ...

The Tart O’ The Bog

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 ...

Squid Tangle

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 ...

Did You Guess The Fish?

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 ...