Caregiving from my kitchen
A Hot Thing in the last few years has been Roast Vegetables. Put all sorts of root vegetables – and sometimes sturdy green vegetables, too – in a pan and put it in the oven… The cooking concentrates the flavor, and you taste the …
That’s an unprepossessing lump, isn’t it? All right – those of you in Europe are probably looking at this blankly, wondering why I bother to write about something so simple, and why I wouldn’t know at a glance how good this can taste. I gather …
I’ve mentioned, I think, that I sometimes work with old and historic recipes for fun. I’ll happily venture into the land of butter the size of an egg (what egg? Small? Jumbo?) and Enough flour (Enough for a batter? A dough? Library paste??) and go …
A slightly dressier vegetable dish, pan roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon are wonderful for either a simple meal that needs punch, or a holiday table.
You may have gathered that this was a good year for eggplant, in our CSA… Our farmer specializes in a wide variety of types – the big purple ones most people are used to, sure, but also the long thin ones, round ones the size …