OK for those of you bored senseless by the house, just scroll waaaaay down because I have loads of pictures. Why so many? I have had some requests from friends and family members, plus the stairs are in, which meant we could wander all over the interior of the house. Alex even wanted to pick…
Archives for October 2008
Happy Belated World Bread Day!: Besan Thepla (Griddle Baked Chickpea & Whole Wheat Flat Bread)
This is the bread I actually made for World Bread Day. It seemed fitting that I both stretch myself as a bread baker and choose a bread more international in scope. I chose this bread because it could be baked on the griddle, on my stove top, as opposed to a complicated simulated clay oven…
Happy World Bread Day!
Just a quick note to say Happy World Bread Day! Stay tuned for several bread recipes over the next week–including an Indian flat bread, a pumpkin quick bread, and 2 scones. Plus my kids have been wanting some regular old sandwich bread. I would have had at least one of them typed up for today…
My Admittedly Not Vegetarian Take On Jack Bishop’s Black Bean Chilaquiles
But you could easily make it vegetarian. I do this a lot–take vegetarian recipes for inspiration and then make them not vegetarian (in “supporting cast” ways–like chicken stock and lard). Not usually Indian recipes, but recipes that are vegetarian interpretations of recipes from meat-eating cultures. I mean, I have lard, I personally think it is…
Sunday Brunch Buttermilk Blueberry Pancakes
I have this issue with blueberry pancakes that I know puts me in a solid minority (in the blueberry pancake-eating world, I mean 🙂 ). I just do not like maple syrup (or the imitations) on blueberries. The flavors somehow clash for me. Instead I like my blueberry pancakes sweet–almost, but not quite, as sweet…
My House Smells Like Christmas: Alice Medrich’s Best Cocoa Brownies With A Peppermint Twist
OK, I have several posts burbling around inside of me, so provided I get them typed, I think you should hear from me a little more often this week. These brownies were inspired by a thread on the Cooking Light Bulletin Board. Someone posted a question about doubling this recipe, and then somehow the thread…
Buttercrunch Lemon Cheese Bars
Before I get to the actual post, we stopped out at the property tonight. You can see the first floor rooms clearly now, except the kitchen which kind of morphs into the family room as one big great room. Anyway, about those bars… I don’t know if it is malaise brought on by the economic…
Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Sour Cream: Early October At Its Best!
Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Sour Cream is the best and most flavorful of hearty midwestern American cooking in the autumn. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. [I updated these photos in December 2017.] One of my favorite things about apples is how great they taste in savory dishes,…
"Lazy" Sunday Morning Apple Pancakes
Boy has it been a rough week around here. I can’t point to anything that interesting or earth-shattering, but I am exhausted. We did have a small crisis with the kitchen design and window placement with the house that took up way too much mental energy, so maybe it is just a sign that now…