This is one of those meals that you really aren’t supposed to talk about, because it’s kind of trashy and shameful, but since I told you that I ate McDonald’s already… And moreover, I am working on shedding things I don’t need (clothes, unsolicited advice, crappy gifts that were clearly re-gifts), and shame is one …
Author Archives: Adrienne
the M word.
Sometimes I like to go to McDonald’s and challenge my ideas about purity.
Milo
A few years ago I spent a month in Salamanca, Spain, as a camp counsellor for local children. They would spend two weeks with us learning English from British teachers for a few hours each day, and the rest of the time we’d attempt to wear them out with dance/crafts/sports. It was a varied experience, …
Oh for palate’s sake
It’ll be Christmas soon, and that means one thing is certain: potlucks. I know we haven’t quite leapfrogged over Halloween yet, but I already see Christmas decorations for sale in the shops, so there. I’ve always wondered why no one brings a giant bowl of plain white rice to a potluck. I suppose it’s because …
Cream of mushaboom
All that talk about Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom the other day gave me a hankering for my own version of creamy mushroom goodness. I have a copy of the 1960 edition of Elizabeth David’s French Provincial Cooking, which is said to have changed how the British cooked, just like how Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of …
Macamacaroni
I remember Sundays when I was growing up as being rather groggy and lethargic days. Finally the adrenaline of the week had run out, and the sharpness of mind rendered from low sleep and cramming for tests between field hockey practice had faded. After a week of churning out delicious dinners with the required starch-vegetable-protein …
Mood and food
(I like rhymes. I like words with “oo”s.) Most of the professional bakers I have met are really relaxed people: never in a rush, they always pull things out of the oven at just the right time. They don’t fiddle anxiously with the lemon curd in mortal fear of it curdling or hover over the …
A story
The other day I went to the drugstore. While I was waiting in line at the register the lady in front of me was debating out loud with herself whether to get the package of pudding that was all chocolate flavour or half chocolate and vanilla. She chose all chocolate because apparently her granddaughter likes …
C is for courgette…
…and for clear countertops 🙂 In a continued effort to clear our counters of its population of yummy veggies that have been gifted to us, I made zucchini and apple fritters for a picnic lunch with the Muffin Man. Beside some curlicues of shrimp, they were a light and pleasant treat on an early fall …
Swimming in the Red Sea
We are swimming in tomatoes. Since we know super fantastic people who grow their own vegetables, we have been inundated with piles of fresh produce. Piles! I haven’t seen the surface of the countertop in weeks, mostly because of the tomatoes lined up on it. God forbid I pile them into …