Month: October 2010

Fang and the Cat Whisperer

Fang the Calico Kitty Warning:  this is a post for cat people.  Don’t bother reading further if you aren’t feline oriented.  It will just frustrate you and cause you to stop reading my posts. There was a farmer had a cat And Fango was her name-o F-A-N-G-O F-A-N-G-O F-A-N-G-O And Fango was her name-o. Actually,…

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Tuscan Cabbage

Forget steaming up your kitchen with a boiled cabbage side dish or slogging through wilty, bland coleslaw. This is so easy, you’ll be wondering why you never made it before.   This has now become my favorite way to serve cabbage.  It is a slight variation on the recipe for Cavolo E Pancetta Soppresa  in Cucina Simpatica (Johanne Killeen…

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Fresh and Simple Cod and Tomato

Personally, I like to buy my cod frozen at sea (insert visual of me freezing my rear off in a row boat as I try to buy cod somewhere in the icy reaches of the Pacific Ocean). 

Peach and Mint Sunday Chicken

When I was in college, my roommate Pam was the orchestrator of most of our meals.   There were four of us girls in a two bedroom apartment, and we organized ourselves into cooking/shopping and cleaning teams.   We had $30 per week to spend on groceries.(Don’t  try to figure this out, but suffice it to say…

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What’s Going On? Kimchi

Talk to me, so you can see Oh, what’s going on I was tempted to relax on the front porch swing, reading about Sunset Magazine’s recommendations for awesome National Parks and watching Mr. Artifact refinish another chair.  However, a news story about the tragedy in South Korea was fresh in my mind.  Earthquake?  Mudslide? Famine? …

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Stacey’s Secret Spice Rub

This actually takes some effort to make, but it will last for a long time in your cupboard. The best flavor is derived from harvesting your own tomatoes and onions and dehydrating them.  If you cannot do this,  I have offered some options below. (to grind any of these ingredients to powder form, you will…

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