Happy Saint Honoratus Day! Fatty and I are sharing a ginger cookie to celebrate the patron saint of bakers. Huzzah!
Author Archives: Adrienne
Eight limbs.
A few years ago I had a job working from home for a food research company. I would go into the office about once a week to “check in” with my boss, which amounted to us sitting across a desk from eachother, tick tacking on our computers and looking forward to having lunch together. Much …
Going green.
Along the river where I live, there is a little path where the Muffin Man and I like to walk in the early evening. As the sun gets low in the sky, it glitters on the river, flashing iridescent winks of light to mask the murky stew that slooshes by. It is a nice little …
New beginnings
A fresh batch of homemade granola sitting on the counter: sturdy and dependable, it waits diligently until morning to ease you into the day. And there is something very reassuring about the jar being full: you know that for at least a week or so, there is minimal danger of not having enough granola in …
Coconut curry dinner for the Muffin Man and I.
Lunchables, all grown up: Havarti, Breton crackers, prosciutto, mesclun.
Grilled cheese: breakfast of champions.
One day I would like to live in a world where I can take a nap on a plush meadow of mini muffins and then have a swim in a lake of coconut milk. Yes.
Busy busy
Some weeks are so busy that there’s not really time to turn out some splendiferous meal to take sexy, food porn-y photos of and gush about how it was just the Best Thing Ever. Some weeks you are just making something to eat. It’s default mode. Brown rice, canned lentils, and frozen peas. And that’s …
Ways to reduce chocolate consumption
These aren’t tips. These are strategies. 1. Hide chocolate in a really unorganized pantry so they get lost in the clutter. You will find them later and heroic music will play and it will be like Indiana Jones finding the Covenant. 2. Get a tall person to hide chocolate at a …