Caregiving from my kitchen
We have cucumbers. We certainly do have cucumbers… I’ve put them in tabbouli, and we’ve had them sliced, and I plan soup (why is it Soup when I make it with cucumbers, and Smoothie when I make it with peaches?) and it’s just the beginning …
I believe that I have mentioned – in passing, perhaps – that it is summer? We’re well into the New York City summer – hot and humid. (And I resent that we had almost no spring – spring is a lovely season, here. Summer …
In my New York City childhood, Greenmarket had not yet opened. The Italian greengrocers my mother grew up with had closed, the Korean ones that later sprouted all over the city had yet to appear. Our very small local urban grocery store had a produce …
Last week, we received the first corn of the season in our CSA, and this week, the first tomatoes! I sliced the first perfect, beautiful heirloom tomato to eat alone and savor… But we have several plum tomatoes, and a few ears of corn, and …
Semantics – without a crust it is not truly a quiche. I know this, you know this, but Crustless Quiche is still a useful phrase that conveys what I mean… so I’ll go with it. (I spend too much time around classically trained chefs…) And …