I’m extra lucky to include Angela among my friends—extra lucky because not only is she a reliable friend, but she also lives within a short walk and she’s a wonderful cook who enjoys sharing her cooking talents. She watches for interesting recipes in magazines, newspapers, packaging, and then, unlike me, she actually uses them. Angela’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Food preparation'
Roundup: Meat, meet and eat
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Farmers markets, Food in the news, Food preparation, Roundup, local food
Meaty treats. Join ranchers and Local Burger maven Hilary Brown 8 a.m.-10 a.m. this Saturday (May 24) at the Lawrence Farmers Market for Local Meat: It’s what’s for dinner! With Hilary at the grill (and doing some advance prep, too), market visitors can sample a variety of local meats. At a volunteer meeting last week, [...]
Purple Passion highlight of CSA bag
May 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, local food
There, amid this week’s CSA bag full of greenery, was Purple Passion, a deeply purple asparagus variety. Even though the Rolling Prairie farmers had green asparagus, too, and even though purple asparagus in my experience turns green just like the other stuff, I couldn’t resist choosing the purple. I always get excited by the deliveries, [...]
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Your baking expertise, please
March 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Food preparation
My contribution to the family Easter feast was a carrot cake, in honor of No. 1 sister’s birthday this week. The cake tasted great, but it had an unusual, um, shape, and I’m hoping you can help me figure it out. The recipe was this one, which I got out of the Gourmet Cookbook but [...]
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Privileged weekend of food, nature
March 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Food preparation, General
I like to cook, but I also like to be cooked for. And this past weekend’s trip to Cheyenne Bottoms provided an inordinate amount of the latter. It also provided, for non-Kansans (and probably for some Kansans, too), stereotype-affirming and -shattering views of the landscape. Some background on the venue: Cheyenne Bottoms is a wildlife [...]
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Homemade pizza a winner
February 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
Yesterday’s cooking event, happily, was making something new (although I think I’m inoculated against all kinds of food-borne bacteria after surviving my leftover leftovers), namely cheese pizza. “Homemade pizza,” per my nephew’s request. Yes, 2008 is year two of the great cook-with-the-kid-kin experiment in gift-giving. And this year, my nephew requested homemade pizza. I don’t [...]
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