Mark Bittman’s column about Pantry Essentials appeared in our local paper last Wednesday, and while I agree with many of the items Mark suggests (dried beans, easy in a pressure cooker; BACON; real Parmigiano-Reggiano; and good olive oil, to name a few), I do think he forgot 5 items that I deem essential in my [...]
It is rainy outside as I type this, and today, instead of cookies, brownies sounded like the right treat. I read a fun post yesterday on the Cutting Edge of Ordinary – Lisa had just picked up two new kitchen gadgets from Jo-Ann’s Fabrics, both useful for cutting brownies. I have been waiting to try [...]
KitchenAid has several attachments for their multi-function mixers, devices designed to make everyday kitchen tasks easier. One of these is the Citrus Juicer, an attachment that was given to me as a wedding gift, and one I had not used until recently. After peeling two dozen lemons for Limoncello, I wanted to juice them and [...]
Last weekend, all my Hachiya persimmons in the garage decided to ripen at the same time, and when I had pureed all the pulp, the first thing I did was make a batch of these persimmon cookies, a recipe I obtained from my friend Lisa. It is one of a plethora of persimmon recipes I [...]
One of the many gadgets I inherited from my Mom were two Steamed Pudding Molds. She used them every year to make Persimmon Pudding, around the holidays. Steamed pudding is a traditional English dessert, generally made out of some fruit or another. Christmas Plum pudding comes to mind. Apparently, there are also savory steamed puddings, [...]
In addition to Drop In & Decorate for the Ronald MacDonald House at Stanford, we also decorated cookies this holiday season and donated them to Little House, a resource for seniors in our community. This time, I invited some of our younger friends to participate, and along with my two kids, we decorated several dozen [...]
Last Christmas, Santa put a lovely new Oxo serrated peeler in my stocking, just in time for my annual Limoncello-making marathon. As I pulled it out on January 1st, I was reminded of just how much I enjoy this gadget. I wrote about different kinds of peelers back in September. Specific peelers are good for [...]
Wanted to be a little lower for a different angle, but loads of construction going on. (Taken with instagram)
