My father cracks me up. He’ll sing at the drop of a hat, and one of his favorites is a certain Simon and Garfunkel song. Because my mother and I both like to cook, we talk about ingredients when we get together – so we tend to set him up for musical interludes pretty easily. Continue reading
Launie K.
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“I found Thai basil, I found Thai basil!” my husband happily yelled when he walked through the door.
“Whut?” I asked looking up from the computer.
“I found it, I finally found it,” he said.
And, indeed, he finally had. Continue reading
Labor day is fast approaching and it typically leaves me a little stymied. Especially if I’m invited to a gathering and the hosts say, “Don’t bring pasta salad, we’ve got that covered.” Because then – of course – that’s all I can think of to bring. Continue reading
Do you know what’s delicious? Olive oil, parmesan, nuts, lemon and a lot of black pepper. Oh, and something green in the mix too.
Last week I was talking to my mother on the phone, when she happened to mention that my cousin had made kale pesto for the family over the weekend. I promptly filed that away in my head as “something I’d like to try.” Continue reading
The first time I made this salad was the 4th of July. I’d nearly forgotten the holiday because my husband was at work and I was cleaning and paying bills.
The most festive thing that happened before the salad, was a Raising Hope marathon.
If there’s any show that makes me laugh harder than Raising Hope, I can’t think of it. The show is so funny that I woke myself up laughing one morning while sleep-remembering this dialogue: Continue reading
Okay, so the title of this post is a little misleading, because turmeric isn’t really “lowbrow.” But for years I’ve thought of it as “saffron coloring for the fiscally challenged.” I love to use it in rice because it makes it so bright and cheerful for pennies a batch. It’s also good for you – which makes it pretty much a win/win. Then over Christmas I was gifted with a good sized amount of saffron. Saffron! The most expensive spice in the world! I’ve been hoarding it because…well, it’s the most expensive spice in the world. Continue reading
I love salad for breakfast. Up until a few years ago I thought this made me a little odd. I had been mocked enough by roommates and friends that I learned to keep my fondness for morning salads to myself. I can’t tell you how many times in various situations, I’d had this conversation with people: Continue reading
Have you ever been down for no particular reason? For instance, you go to bed feeling happy, cheerful and sleepy and then you wake up, feeling like a blight on humanity. Continue reading
Wow, I don’t have my heat sea legs under me quite yet. But it’s not my fault. Today it’s 90 degrees, and last week it was in the 40’s.
That’s a big jump. Continue reading
One of the few times my husband and I have squawked at each other in the kitchen, was the first time I made pesto.
I refused to put in a certain ingredient, because I just really don’t like it. Continue reading