We seem to always have milk, butter and eggs in the house. Add the staples like flour and salt, and we have all the ingredients needed for popovers. This is a great alternative for me because I’m not big into breakfast, so it seems like a natural substitution for eggs and toast (although admittedly less [...]
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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, and Everyone Had a Heart Attack.
Posted in At Home on Dec 23rd, 2011
Here’s how the conversation went: Mom: What are you doing tonight? Me: Oh, we’re going to watch a TV show and drink a bourbon and eggnog. We made the eggnog last night and it has to sit in the fridge for a day before we have it. So we’ll see. I’m pretty excited. Mom: Oh, [...]
Orange You Glad You Know?
Posted in At Home on Dec 13th, 2011
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, it felt like Peter and I inadvertently used about half of our wedding presents. It was exciting to finally put some to use as we slowly get some energy back (which is an ironic statement as we spent most of Saturday on our asses and didn’t shower until 6:30pm). We have [...]
The Noonoonans*
Posted in At Home, Favorite Places on Oct 14th, 2011
I am hungry again. PHEW. I am hungry for a lot of things. I want to eat a lot of food that I make myself, I want to redo my website, I want to hang out with my friends voraciously, somehow all at the same time, and for weeks. I want to get into some [...]
It’s All About The Journey
Posted in At Home, Favorite Places on Aug 1st, 2011
I never took a picture of the amazing fish and chips Peter and I made at my parents’ house last year. It’s sad because I can’t stop thinking about how good they were, especially with the salty, slightly effervescent white wine we had to go along with the whole thing. It was a greasy, really [...]
Homemade Soft Pretzels
Posted in At Home on Mar 14th, 2011
This year marked the first that I actually really wanted to watch the Super Bowl (I had to google it to make sure it wasn’t one word…seriously). I have a really good reason for this. It’s not because I’m not into sports or watching them, because I am and I do, except for maybe golf, [...]
The Obvious Winner
Posted in At Home on Feb 25th, 2011
Because I cannot decide if cheese is my favorite thing to eat, or if that would have to be noodles, I decided, naturally, that macaroni and cheese is the best combination in the world (so far, at least, and that’s a pretty good run). I very much love macaroni and cheese, and that’s not a [...]
A New Voice and French Onion Soup for Two
Posted in At Home on Nov 29th, 2010
A change in narrative voice has been coming for a while (at least the last couple weeks out of just a few months Tomatoes on Tomatoes has existed), but it’s finally happening because of a few inspirations, for ease, and a nudge from Peter. Peter and I were sitting in Noble Fir, quickly becoming one [...]
Square Ice Cubes
Posted in At Home, Favorite Places on Oct 27th, 2010
The classic, as-we-know-it nowaday ice cube really is not a cube at all. It of course depends on its tray but it seems there are always rounded corners and edges, or they are flat, and generally sort of busted. This is why it was exciting to notice that some bars and restaurants are using square [...]
Panzanella
Posted in At Home on Oct 14th, 2010
With all the bread we have been making, there have been quite a few pieces that have been slightly stale. We always try to use this in some way or another (bread crumbs, french toast, croutons). We finally used some of this stale bread for panzanella, or a bread salad, something we’d been wanting to [...]