Archive for February 2009

Week 2: Meat, Wine, Wool, Music.

Posted to Anecdote on the topic of NYC on 22 December 2008, with no comments so far.

I keep forgetting to take pictures of my food. Maybe that means I am growing out of a ridiculous habit. Or maybe it only means that the food is more delicious, now, too delicious to stop and photograph.
There was lots of watercress left over from the tea party last week, so I made a creamy [...]

Get Ready to Crumble!

Posted to Food on the topic of Recipes on 21 December 2008, with 1 comment so far.

Weeknight dessert fantasia.

Plum Crumble
1.25 cups rolled oats
.75 cups brown sugar (packed)
.5 cups all purpose flour
1 stick o’ butter
2 lbs. plums
scant 2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1. Mix the flour and oats in a bowl with half of the brown sugar. Add the butter, and rub it in with your fingers until the mixture becomes [...]

Fish She Is Very Small

Posted to Food on the topic of Images on 16 December 2008, with no comments so far.

Too good not to share: I found this in my iPhoto today. Some friends and I bought, and ate, these petits poissons in Montréal a couple of years ago. They were very small!

How To Cook (and Dress) A Wolf

Posted to Anecdote on the topic of Books on the topic of Food on the topic of NYC on 15 December 2008, with 2 comments so far.

These are the busiest weeks of the year, these couple before Christmas.
I sort of like it.
On Sunday, A— and I threw a clothing swap at our place. We had a dozen ladies over. She made cinnamon buns and I made tea sandwiches (Pernod-marinated fennel and green apple and minted radish, and lox and cream cheese [...]

Gets Nostalgic About Blogging Innocently

Posted to Blogs on the topic of General Whatnot on 15 December 2008, with 2 comments so far.

Where the magic used to happen, circa 2003.
Just as I’ve been re-designing the outward look of this blog, I’ve been thinking to myself about what it’s for, content-wise. I miss the old Too Much Katherine blog! Blogging was easier then, and I have been wondering why that is. I think it’s because I was totally [...]

Rhapsody in Gray

Posted to Anecdote on the topic of Food on the topic of NYC on 11 December 2008, with no comments so far.

“Conducive to study” is what we’d have called a day like this back at Reed: tiny, pricking raindrops falling from the sky like cold needles, the whole outside a blanket of dampness and gray. It makes you want to go the the library, make a bright corner, keep dry with old books, and dose yourself [...]

Budget Recipes, Volume 5: Hot Soup!

Posted to Food on the topic of Recipes on 7 December 2008, with no comments so far.

Tonight, we’re making a bean soup, minestrone-style.
(Actually, a couple of weeks ago, we’re making a bean soup. This budget recipe series got away from me. Just pretend.)
First, we get out the ingredients and admire them. We have some cheese and crackers to snack on, on the left.

Then we get serious like this:
BEAN MINESTRONE
Servings: 10
Price per [...]

Dinner, 11.17

Posted to Food on the topic of General Whatnot on 4 December 2008, with no comments so far.

I went away for Thanksgiving. I finished a couple of big projects. I came back here and took the first couple of days off in weeks. I gave the first bit of attention I’ve given to 400 Words in a while, and it was to make a step that I’ve been thinking about for a [...]