Dinner June 10th – Last of the Asparagus
Spring on a Plate Salad
Jammy Cornbread
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TND – Get Your Asparagus While It Lasts
June 11, 2014
Dinner June 3rd – Get Your Asparagus While It Lasts
Man Pleasin’ Chicken
Roasted Asparagus
Sweet Potato & Apple Puree
Salad
TND – Brief Pause in Our Asparagus Consumption for a Birthday
June 11, 2014
Dinner May 27th – Brief Pause in Our Asparagus Consumption for a Birthday
Zucchini-Basil Soup
Grilled Cheese Two Ways
– The Italian Stallion (aka Tomato-Basil-Cheddar Grilled Cheese)
– The Hot Brit (aka Chutney-Cheddar Grilled Cheese)
Salad with Rhubarb Vinaigrette
(Pea)nut Chocolate Bourbon Pie
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TND – First of the Local Asparagus
June 11, 2014
Dinner May 20th – First of the Local Asparagus
Buttermilk Roasted Chicken
Chimichurri Sauce
Asparagus Tart
Strawberry-Rhurbarb Salad
Orange Wedges
TND – Irregular Verbs
May 22, 2014
I am a self-confessed list maker. I’d say that the first step is admitting you have a problem, but I don’t actually think that my list-making habits are problematic. Possibly this makes me a functional list maker? I have lists of books I want to read – cross referenced by whether I’ve managed to put a reserve on it in the library system. I have lists of future Dinner menus (which should not be confused with my pinboard account which is essentially a list of all recipes I have made or recipes I want to make). I have lists of places I want to eat in cities I plan to visit sometime in the next year (currently indexing for Austin and Portland if anyone has suggestions they want to send me). Suffice it to say, I’m a girl who likes a list. Read the rest of this entry ?
TND – You Say Cheese, I Say Fromage
May 22, 2014
It’s time to talk cheese people – both metaphorical, and literal.
Yet another year of Eurovision has come and gone, and I remain disappointed that no network in the US airs it live. I have, however, noticed more and more references to it, so I am cautiously optimistic that someone somewhere will understand the genius of Eurovision and air it so that I can have a viewing party some year.
Now, you have to understand, my criteria for who/what I think should win Eurovision essentially boils down to who gives the most balls-to-the-wall crazy-cakes performance. None of the songs are even in the vicinity of good, so that is never a deciding factor. And, if I wanted tasteful, well I probably wouldn’t be watching Eurovision. So what I look for is a group who really commits to the insanity. I want vampires who turn into boats, and dancing gumbies, and twins in futuristic pompadours (all of which have featured in performances in the last three years alone). Read the rest of this entry ?
TND – Breakfast of Champions
May 22, 2014
I asked my aunt about my mother’s strange aversion to grits. I wanted to know if it was something that my mother had inherited from my grandmother, or whether it was her very own personal (baffling) quirk. My aunt confirmed that it’s an idiosyncrasy entirely personal to my mother; and that in fact my aunt makes a mean shrimp and grits. She did add that despite living in Virginia that it wasn’t something they grew up eating much because in the South it’s traditionally a breakfast food and breakfast wasn’t something my grandmother typically spent much time preparing. Read the rest of this entry ?
TND – Taking a Break
May 22, 2014
Bits and Pieces of recent food-related news
The next season of Top Chef is filming in Boston. Apparently Padma Lakshmi has already been spotted at the Copley Square farmer’s market, and is as tall and gorgeous in person as she appears on TV. I predict that there will be some adventure on a lobster boat, and something involving food carts on the Greenway. Guest judges will definitely include Barbara Lynch (#9 Park, Sportello, Menton, etc.) and Tony Maws (Craigie on Main), with possible appearances by Tim Maslow (Ribelle), Ana Sortun (Oleana), Jody Adams (Rialto), and Barry Maiden (Hungry Mother) Read the rest of this entry ?
TND – Emmissaries of Spring
April 17, 2014
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by the sun of York
(William Shakespeare – Richard III – Act I/Scene I)
Currently we’re about halfway in between those two lines – it’s no longer the winter of our discontent, but it’s not quite glorious summer yet*. We’re just glimpsing the onset of Spring, and I had the realization the other day that all my favorite flowers are Spring flowers – crocuses (croci?) hyacinths, daffodils, snow drops, lilies of the valley, forsythia, lilacs . . .
I’m not sure if this is because they are all things that come and go quickly; their pleasures are fleeting and like asparagus and cherries must be enjoyed to the fullest in the moment. Read the rest of this entry ?
TND – Winning at Birthdays
April 7, 2014
Some people have Birthday Weeks in which they celebrate their birthday on the day of their actual birth + some celebration on a more convenient day of the week like a Friday or Saturday. Some people have Birthday Months in which there are multiple birthday celebrations (friends, family, Dinner . . .) spread out over the course of a month – and sometimes in different cities – to accommodate the vagaries of everyone’s schedule. I appear to have basically won at Birthdays by achieving the Birthday Year. Read the rest of this entry ?
Monday Night Dinner 