I'm just humoring myself - you know that. If I never wore a coat again it would be fine with me. But, you must cope, right? One of the hinderances of this season (don't get me started) is the tendency to lapse into old routines with dinner entrées. I am as guilty as ever. While I love a good roast - chicken, pot, beef, lamb or pork, and they are so easy to prepare, they do tend to get a little tiresome. While I'm still barbecuing … [Read more...]
Three Recipes – Thanksgiving Week is Plum Gorgeous
huddling together Perhaps I am just delusional. Perhaps I am in mourning. Well, of course I am both. I'm stuck between being shocked and appalled that just about all of my flowers are DEAD and being excited for Thanksgiving Dinner and the long weekend. In the past couple of days we have gone from Autumn to Winter temperatures here. My body is still in shock after yesterday and I am seriously avoiding going out of the house (it's Wednesday … [Read more...]
Feeding Frenzy Gets Added to the Pricing Puzzle
I am volunteering to be their advocate (photo courtesy visitfortwayne.com and Kuehnert Dairy) So, am I tiring of this story? Even a little? Wouldn't I rather be cooking/baking/posting recipes for Thanksgiving??? Yes, I would, but this story has drawn me in even deeper! I am pretty sure that the biggest grocery-spending week of the year is coming up next week. If you add this to the quagmire, perhaps deliberately constructed, to make … [Read more...]
Market Madness – and, the Plot Thickens – (In)Digesting the Price of Butter in Suburban NJ – Part 3
from Lexington, MA - 15 miles from Boston My brother-in-law, Dave Hanley will often refer to his Situational Ethics class from back in his college days. Funny, I haven't seen this on any registration sites lately. In fact, who even talks about Situational Ethics any more? My kids probably wouldn't even recognize the term, per se. But, aren't we all called upon to invoke this phenomenon on a daily basis? Honestly, we all see things in our … [Read more...]
The Incredibly Non-transparent Price of Butter and other Dairy – Part 2
the price of non-organic butter at Agata and Valentina on University Pl in NYC is $.50/more for non organic and $2.00 more for organic (Sunday 11/16) than in the NJ suburbs the price of organic butter at Dean and Deluca on Prince Street is only $1.01 more than the price of non-organic butter in several grocery stores in the suburbs of NJ. (Wednesday 11/12) There seems to be an awful lot of talk about transparency these days, no? Or, … [Read more...]
On Becoming the “Elizabeth Warren” of Butter – A Study of Pricing – Part 1
photo courtesy Cabot Creamery; Are these beauties sleeping on cashmere blankets these days or something? Somehow, I doubt it! photo courtesy ElizabethWarren.com Even though I know I am no Elizabeth Warren, I am beginning to identify with her fervor (well, I actually did that a long time ago) - only my venue is a slightly more narrow area of interest. She is the consumer advocate around issues concerning abuses by Financial Institutions … [Read more...]
Morning Glory in the Kitchen Instead; Pumpkin-Spiced Waffles with Pear and Cherry Maple Syrup
I can't believe that they are gone! You all know I am in mourning this week - at the loss of my big garden obsession - my Morning Glory collection - right outside my side door. It was a glorious Fall with them and even though they didn't do much all Summer long, I got to enjoy them, along with the bees for several of the last 8 weeks or so. What a late Summer gift. I don't know why but their intense color inspires a happiness in me and … [Read more...]
On Aging, Attitude and Promise, in the Kitchen and Elsewhere
Paris July 2014 A few words about aging today. Those words are "step away", "think independently", and "resolve". If you look and listen closely, as with so many big social issues in our country today, the perspectives around aging, the science and the sociology, are changing, and dramatically for the better………. Could it possibly be that I feel younger and more invigorated than I have in, say, 50 years? Looking in the mirror every … [Read more...]
Went to the Cupboard and the Cupboard was….Pear, Ginger and Rum Popovers
Post #402. Who knew? Ok, so I confess. I went looking for trouble this morning. I started off very well - with a broccoli omelet. But, I wasn't happy. I was craving something crunchy, flaky and sweet. I went searching. Was I close to a great pastry shop? No. Was I in the City? No. I opened the refrigerator door. Puff Pastry was frozen - no, again. What could I do? I began to feel an inkling of desperation. … [Read more...]
They’re Pearable; Unable to Pear-it Down – More Pear Scones for Sharing
beautiful little seckel pear from D&D Ok, so I'm chuckling to myself around all of the food metaphors and puns I can think of. So, I'm silly, so what? On the other hand, serious people do indeed spend an entire career trying to imagine, test, describe, define, refine what wines are parable with what foods. Nowadays, you will find many experts say to drink whatever wines you feel you like with your foods. The old guidelines don't seem … [Read more...]
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