Posted in Bottom Chef on June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sheesh, let’s all take a deep breath and get back to food. And please remember, free will applies, even on this food blog. You don’t ever have to take any of my suggestions-ever.
But if you want to, here’s a locally produced recipe we cooked up last night.
Pasta, goat cheese, spring garlic, spinach, turnips and steak. [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef, Other Fine Foodies on May 27, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Dear Readers,
I don’t know about you, but summers of my childhood were based on meat. Barbequed chicken, grilled steak, the occasional pork chop. Now family members who have become older and wiser are calling me up asking for advice on what on earth can a person grill that is NOT meat? The sad fact is, [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef, Food=Life on April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, no garden yet. Let’s not talk about that right now.
I’ve been eating at home, which I consider boring and unworthy of blogging, but apparently the rest of the world mostly eats at home, and therefore disagrees.
In a valiant attempt to save money (in order to blow it all on an awesome summer), I have had [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef, Food=Life, Garden Grrl on April 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’m going to have a garden this year.
I’m going to call my landlord and ask if I can have this geriatric-swingers-sounding gardening phenomenon known as a “raised bed.”
I’m going to read The Postage Stamp Gardening Book that I have owned for over a decade but have never cracked open-not once.
I’m going to buy a hoe and a shovel, [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef, Food=Life, Yet Fun on November 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Damn, I love Thanksgiving. This year most of the fam drove in from Maryland to have a Gourmet Grrl Thanksgiving feast. Some dietary issues had to be considered, so I plunked down some change for a few specialty cookbooks, and voila! Brand new traditions abounded. This was my first ever attempt at roast turkey. Of [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef, Food=Life on November 20, 2007 | 7 Comments »
It’s official: I’m a grownup. For the first time in history, I will be hosting Thanksgiving dinner for my entire family at my house. That’s right. It’s finally time, once and for all, to put every single wedding gift to use. Those wicker candlesticks, the weird serving platters, that electric carving knife, those starchy cloth napkins. [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef on September 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Otherwise known as canning vegetables.
Not that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy the adventures in canning and pickling last Saturday. But there were definite moments when all of us, hunched over, immersed in a cloying, vinegary swelter, strings of hair falling into our faces as we stirred molten-hot cauldrons of boiling brew, resembled weird sisters of a Shakespearean [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef, Food=Life on September 6, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I’m about to embark on my first science experiment since the 12 grade when I dissected a rabbit aptly named “Squirt” and used his innards as targets on a dart board. Animal rights activist I am not. Never squeamish about animals, I cannot bear violence between humans. Could I actually hunt and kill my own [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef, Traveling But Mostly Eating on August 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Night #3: Sister and Mom. Secret Ingredient: Basil
Deep in the doldrums of a New Jersey summer Nor’easter, there was really only one way to go: soup. Mom and Sister K made an extraordinary stew of split peas, barley, sweet potatoes, onions, carrots, cardamom, and plenty of fresh basil. Their spread began with tiny treats of [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef, Traveling But Mostly Eating on August 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Night #1 Team Dad and Brother-in-law S. Secret Ingredient: Beets.
Green salad with blanched beets and a homemade citrus dressing.
BBQ chicken.
Grilled beets in orange juice.
Presentation: Blasting “Chariots of Fire,” on the home stereo, they served the entire meal in slow motion.
Night #2 Me and Brother in-law C. Secret Ingredient: Crab
Corn and crab bisque
Pasta salad (crab optional)
Crab [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef, Traveling But Mostly Eating on August 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yes, I have eaten lately. But nothing of note, I’m sorry to say. Tried to go to Bouchon last night for a late dinner (I generally only eat after 8:30pm atleast, often after 10:00pm) only to find they close at 9:00pm on weeknights!!!! Nights like these I curse the cute, slow, quaintness of Asheville and [...]
Posted in Bottom Chef on July 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Recipes from my adventures in Community Supported Agriculture and Local Food!
Deviled Eggs (Holla!)- 2 tbls mayo, 1 tbls mustard, 1 tsp horseradish, dash of white vinegar, a huge dollop of pickle relish, parsley (local), dill (local), salt, pepper, much paprika, oh, and eggs (local).
Cucumber and Beet Salad- cucumbers (local), beets (local), red onions (local), olive [...]
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