She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes. You know the song right? The one where some mysterious stranger driving a team of white horses comes to visit and the family rallies to kill the old red rooster. And then they all have chicken and dumplings like that is a really good thing. I [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Chicken and dumplings
Posted in Main dish, tagged chicken, comfort food, dinner on January 31, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Blue cheese and bacon tartine
Posted in Appetizers, Cookbook reviews, Cookbooks, Sandwich, tagged bacon, blue cheese, honey, snack, sourdough bread on January 26, 2011 | 9 Comments »
It’s getting really complicated around here. Our next storm is on the way and conversations at work are beginning to take on new levels of strategic intricacy: “I’m planning on driving in after rush hour and get a snow pass for my car to leave it in the garage over night and then I’ll take [...]
Celery pear soup
Posted in Soup, tagged celery, pear, soup on January 18, 2011 | 7 Comments »
The first words I heard this morning were “… 2 inches of snow followed by sleet followed by freezing rain.” A wintry mix. Again. We are only one boot into January and we’ve already been walloped with two blizzards and now rainwater is flooding icy sidewalks and curbsides. But I haven’t succumbed to the winter [...]