So … it’s summer. Like — really summer. Yes, I recognize that it’s been “technically” summer for a while now. That it’s been ninety and a hundred degrees on and off for months, and that my electric bills certainly have that summer feel. But there’s a difference between the season and the season, if you […]
Today’s experiment comes courtesy of the quarter of a pig I bought a while back from my CSA. Apparently, there has been a stray pork shoulder roast, sitting sad and neglected, almost entirely forgotten, in the back of my freezer for a couple of months now. And it has taken my mad drive to organize […]
I don’t talk about coffee much in this space. But it is actually quite an important part of my culinary life. Like many of my academic peers, I found myself drawn to it early on. A cup in the morning to get me going; another to ease into work; and a third (of course) to […]
Sara is an artist/cook/substitute teacher/camp counselor/ part-time wedding planner at the moment, but who knows what tomorrow will bring. She graduated from the College of Charleston in 2010 and is about to start classes at UNO this fall for a Master’s of Education. She just moved back home to New Orleans from Charleston, SC this […]
Elizabeth is a folklorist, a teacher, a blogger (at www.breadandhoneyblog.com) and a culinary experimenter with a low boredom threshold. She and her partner have recently added a giant puppy to their household; he impedes the experimentation, but she loves him anyway. They used to live in a large, old house with a small, old kitchen […]
Lets say for a moment — just as a hypothetical — that your in-laws have called an emergency potluck. In just two days! You have a bunch of these hanging out in your refrigerator: And you’ve been tasked — to your great horror — of bringing a bunch of these: What do you do?! Well […]
This cake is easy. You probably don’t believe me because there’s a tiny voice in your head sputtering: False! Cakes are difficult! It’s in their nature! But if you hear that voice (dear readers!), feel free shout it down. Because I do not lie. This cake is easy. This cake is, in fact, just three […]
Asparagus and grilling are two of the great pleasures of the late spring and early summer. And the one, it seems to me, was made for the other. Now don’t get me wrong, I like asparagus pretty much any way you want to serve it to me. Its sweet-bitter flavor, its soft-crunchy texture, have long […]
Making granola is simple, simple, simple. And as I think about it now, I cannot fathom why it is that I haven’t done it in years. I got it into my head to start again when Sarah told me the other day — offhandedly — that I really shouldn’t buy the pre-packaged granola. That when […]
So … strawberries. They’re in season in the mid-Atlantic. For real this time. They weren’t just a couple of weeks ago, when I made my mixed berry tart. Those strawberries were trucked up from Florida — characteristically swollen and colorful, but also characteristically bland. The strawberries in this post are different. They are from right […]