Summer salad
It’s summer. It’s hot. I’m not going to unduly whine and tell you about my lifelong hatred of summer before I get to the damn not-recipe recip...
Category: in the kitchen
In the time to boil water
The progeny are away with their father on vacation so even less cooking than usual is going on these days. The fact that we are now well into a typically thick...
Saving grace
I get paid once a month. It probably would be a challenge for most people to budget out an entire month on one check that comes in somewhat randomly. It’s...
Melting
I don’t deal well with the heat. Never have, probably never will. That said, it’s finally hot where I live. Really hot and pretty damn humid as wel...
Salt bomb
Life has been especially crazy lately. Coming up hard and fast on the completion of a multi-year project at work so I’m working long hours and more days t...
Sub-par ingredients and intrusive thoughts
Had a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich for dinner the other night and as I was waiting for things to toast and melt I had a moment to let the thoughts wander i...
Searching for that perfect balance
The older I’ve gotten the more I appreciate the malleable beauty of caramel. I don’t remember the flavor fondly from my childhood. I remember one e...
Contingency Plans
Didn’t know what I was doing to ring the new year in until late last night. Still don’t know exactly what I’m doing but I’m willing to ...
Round Midnight Pesto
Never watched the movie but I recognize the name and graphics from my time behind the counter of a video store. You know, back in the dark ages when one had to...
Keeping them fed even after they leave the nest
My years of cooking in restaurant kitchens was all about learning the dishes and then slamming them out hour after hour, shift after shift, perfect every time. ...