Said the Muffin Man, when I asked him what his favorite dish was from the night’s dinner. Well! We had a couple of friends over for dinner on a Saturday night, and I had greatly looked forward to an evening filled with good company and of course, good food. As you may or may not …
Author Archives: Adrienne
All wrapped up
For the past few months I’ve been having a serious preoccupation with wrapped food, by which I mean food encased in a dough or pastry filling. As comforting as it is to sit wrapped up in a blanket on the couch, it is even more comforting to eat food wrapped up, while wrapped up on …
12 eggs
One of the qualities I admire most is elegance. Women who walk like they have a tea cup balanced on their head, the slope of a swan’s neck, the way water pours out of a tall glass pitcher….these things are elegant to me. One thing I like even more than elegance is when it is …
moofins!
MOOFINS!!! Aw yeah.
Hey baba
Continuing our gastronomic trip through the world, this time with a staple of Levantine cuisine: baba ghanoush. A simple blend of components to produce satisfying and rich comfort: a handful of grilled eggplant, a blob of mayonnaise, a swirl of olive oil, some squirts of lemon juice, and a very liberal application of salt. Perhaps …
Travels via dinner
This time, a meal to transport us to the Mediterranean. A random weeknight: roasted eggplant, pepper, and zucchini, with a walnut parsley pesto to smear on top. New potatoes tossed with minced parsley and olive oil before being roasted, so the parsley dried to a crispiness that dissolved on the tongue. White wine, to wash …
a spicy souvenir.
The Muffin Man brought back curry paste from his travels to Thailand, over a year ago. We are still reliving the glory of international travel. Massaman curry, less the traditional potatoes, instead served over a tangled bundle of flat rice noodles. A gravelly sprinkle of cashews on top, and lemon to squeeze over (and probably …
A cookie, times three
My lovely friend S gave me homemade cookie mix for Christmas. It’s a great gift, because it’s an excuse to bake and then I get a large Mason jar to store dried lentils in afterwards. It was originally a recipe for “classic sugar cookies” but since I have a belligerent streak, and it was going …
A new year
I collect recipes like some women collect shoes. There are cookbooks everywhere in our home: standing in rows on the shelves, piled on side tables, wedged wherever there is room. Mostly they are mine, but there are always a few on loan from the library. There are binders and folders of recipes printed from blogs, …
The bare necessities
There are some food items that I must, must have in the house to feel safe and prepared for anything – unexpected dinner guests, the end of the world, emotional eating binge, whatever. And here they are: 1. Frozen green peas. They go with everything! And they look so happy, nestled together in a bowl, …