Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 26th, 2008
As the JibJab look back at 2008 quips, “McCain has many houses, but none of them are white.” Obama does (or will) have a White House, and with great real estate comes great responsibility. Or so says an organization urging Obama to take the presidential residence on a left turn (notice the traffic signal) into [...]
Posted in Belly laugh, Holidays on Dec 22nd, 2008
…the breakfast of champions! Coffee and buttery, sugary goodness… yes, I’ve been living the good life over the past few days.
Actually, I’ve watched with interest over the past few weeks as my sugar threshold has risen. While I don’t seek out sweet things during most of the year, around the holidays I’m inundated with chocolate [...]
Turns out what you see in the title is all there is to it when it comes to making hot buttered rum, a popular drink this time of year. Plus a little hot water or apple cider. I haven’t tried it yet, and admit I’m a little resistant (A sort of butter tea? Oil and water? It [...]
Posted in Holidays on Dec 16th, 2008
To get you ready for the start of Hanukah (lighting its first candle the night of December 21 this year), here are some latke recipes for you!
Traditional Potato Latkes (adapted from a recipe by Barry Tunkel, a.k.a. the Latke King, a mighty maker of latkes in my synagogue when I was growing up)
Ingredients:
4-5 medium potatoes, grated
2 [...]
Posted in Cooking implements, Recipes on Dec 12th, 2008
I’ve always detested chopping up eggs for egg salad. There’s something tedious and unsatisfying about slicing into egg after egg, getting the powdery yellow yolk on your knife, wiping it off, starting again. So I was thrilled yesterday when I came across a solution! The key is a pastry blender. You know ‘em if you’ve [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2008
No, this post is not about inexpensive freeze-dried Apollo chili. While NASA’s working on innovative space food and recycled pee, I’m dealing with my own space challenge–cooking small.
When I first laid eyes on my current kitchen, the first word that came to mind was “mini.” I noted how the stove crowded four gas burners onto [...]
Posted in Recipes on Dec 5th, 2008
It’s kale, it’s garlic, it’s oranges, it’s pomegranate. Doesn’t get any better–or healthier! Check out my blathering and recipe-fying about this salad on The Jew and the Carrot.
Posted in Belly laugh on Dec 4th, 2008
Like an ice age or Halley’s Comet, it only happened for a split second in the grand scheme of the planet, and will not happen again for a very long time. But yes, there was a moment when my refrigerator a.) was clean and b.) actually resembled the fridge of a cooking-averse bachelor.
Moving will do [...]
