Cooking
Guess where I’m going next April? Actually, our dates aren’t firmed up yet, but the plan is that Bob, Chuck and I will be going to Sicily next spring. Bob and Chuck, knowing that I love the anticipation of a trip almost as much as the trip itself, gave me this assortment of travel guides for my birthday.
I haven’t really begun to digest the books in a systematic way yet, but I have been flipping through them reading here and there. Of course, one of the topics I’m on the lookout for is food! I want to know which specialties I should be sure to try while I’m in Sicily and what food products I should try to bring home.
I will once again make a feeble attempt to learn Italian, and will seek out Sicilian recipes to try. What fun lies ahead – let the anticipation begin!
- In A Pickle
I bought too many cucumbers last week. They were so beautiful and there was such a good deal if you bought three pounds. So I bought three pounds and managed to lug them home, but didn’t quite get around to eating them all. ...
- Growing To Like Rhubarb
Rhubarb conserve When I was little, we had a rhubarb plant in our yard and my Mom would frequently prepare some sort of rhubarb sauce or compote. It was the only dessert I didn’t like and it seemed unfair to me at the time that rhubarb...
- A Bowlful Of Summer
As of yesterday, I still had two ears of corn in the refrigerator from last Sunday’s farmers market. I know, I know... corn should be cooked immediately, lest the sugar start turning to starch. Seems that corn is so sweet these...
- Melons On Sfist
...
- Crayfish On Sfist
Originally uploaded by melissa nicole. I'll be writing about the fruits de mer platter in more depth later this week (we had a dinner party! yippee!), but you can get some foreshadowing by reading my SFist post about crayfish. It's a longer-than-normal...
Cooking
Anticipation
Guess where I’m going next April? Actually, our dates aren’t firmed up yet, but the plan is that Bob, Chuck and I will be going to Sicily next spring. Bob and Chuck, knowing that I love the anticipation of a trip almost as much as the trip itself, gave me this assortment of travel guides for my birthday.
I haven’t really begun to digest the books in a systematic way yet, but I have been flipping through them reading here and there. Of course, one of the topics I’m on the lookout for is food! I want to know which specialties I should be sure to try while I’m in Sicily and what food products I should try to bring home.
I will once again make a feeble attempt to learn Italian, and will seek out Sicilian recipes to try. What fun lies ahead – let the anticipation begin!
- In A Pickle
I bought too many cucumbers last week. They were so beautiful and there was such a good deal if you bought three pounds. So I bought three pounds and managed to lug them home, but didn’t quite get around to eating them all. ...
- Growing To Like Rhubarb
Rhubarb conserve When I was little, we had a rhubarb plant in our yard and my Mom would frequently prepare some sort of rhubarb sauce or compote. It was the only dessert I didn’t like and it seemed unfair to me at the time that rhubarb...
- A Bowlful Of Summer
As of yesterday, I still had two ears of corn in the refrigerator from last Sunday’s farmers market. I know, I know... corn should be cooked immediately, lest the sugar start turning to starch. Seems that corn is so sweet these...
- Melons On Sfist
...
- Crayfish On Sfist
Originally uploaded by melissa nicole. I'll be writing about the fruits de mer platter in more depth later this week (we had a dinner party! yippee!), but you can get some foreshadowing by reading my SFist post about crayfish. It's a longer-than-normal...