Gilding the Lily since 2006
Janelle gave me some of her hens’ eggs a week or two ago. They’re so lovely – different sizes and shades of tawny and heather-gray. The yolks are saffron-orange and salute proudly on the hot pan. But the best thing about these little beauts is …
The other day I was wandering around New Seasons, as is my wont, and they had an unbelievable deal on pork spareribs. Like $2.38 a pound or sommat. Sure, you’re mostly paying for bone, but that’s still so cheap that you can get a half …
I hate to do this (or anything for the sake of doing), but since I said I would post the cassoulettes (mini-cassoulet) from the Scarlet Runner beans I grew (or that I would cook them, actually), here it is. Sorry to give it so unenthusiastically, …
Not a bad way to continue purging the fridge and cabinets, although I’m totally out of pasta now! I didn’t realize I was out of my favorite, linguine (didn’t have any spaghetti left, either), and had to use the last of the orecchiette instead. This …
…’cuz I’m even too lazy for store-bought bread dough! No, I really wanted to make “real” pizza with actual dough, but New Seasons was out! What is this, Communist Russia? I want pizza in fifteen minutes, dammit! So I did the closest thing to phoning …
Not as veg-heavy as it should be, considering what I have in the chiller. But last night I gave mac n’ chee another major upgrade, served with homemade sloppy joes and sautéed poblanos. It was exactly what I craved after a day of chores but …
What to do with leftover corn and roasted poblano pudding: slice into thick slabs and brown in a pan with some good country ham and the garden’s first brandywine tomatoes. This was brunch on Saturday, but I wanted to share before it slipped my mind. …
I decided I wanted to not go to the store for anything, and just eat from the pantry. “Walk my talk” and all that. I had a head of radicchio di Treviso (truly, the handsomest of all endive relatives) that was getting a bit wilty, …
My great-grandparents, Elizabeth Heagel Arndt and Johann Arndt, immigrated to Portland from the Norka colony near Saratov, Russia in 1910. So, I think I’ve mentioned once or twice that I’m a (fucking) German girl, and while I generally use that as an excuse for my …
Pig Roast 2008 was a success. So much so, in fact, that I created a new tag for my blog: Epic Undertakings. Not since the (poorly-photographed, but delicious) cassoulet last winter have I felt more triumphant and exhausted. Thank god my brother-in-law, Joe, was there …