November 2011
3 posts
Carrot-Ginger Vegan Soup, For Rainy Days
Rain, rain. And not a sprinkle, or, as our Irish friends call it, a ‘soft’ day — stuff coming down, flooding shops on Melrose, etc, etc. So, then, soup. A vegan soup, warming and lovely, and one you can make in an hour, most of that spent smelling ginger and carrots cooking while you watch the TIVO’d SNL from last night.
Carrot-Ginger Vegan Soup (Serves 4-5 as a Main...
Monkey Bread and GOYAKOD
In his elegant street-trained Matt Scudder novels, Lawrence Block at one point has his ex-cop, ex-alcoholic unlicensed P.I. say that a case is at a point where what it needs is GOYAKOD — or, as he explains to a confederate, ‘Get off Your Ass and Knock On Doors.’ It is, he notes, a reliable form of intelligence-gathering, and a neccessary one.
I think of GOYAKOD a lot —...
The Birthday Extravaganza
A dear friend had a birthday recently, and requested dinner. Aside from the dessert — a request for Beet Cake — I was given free reign. So the next time you’re having six-to-eight people who ain’t fancy over, why not try …
THE BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA
Brined Asian Flavors Chicken Two Ways
Grilled Asparagus
Cold Chili-Sesame Almond Butter Noodles
Chocolate Beet Cake...