Musings from a servantless, stay-at-home, cooking-obsessed mom
Posted in Cooking & Eating on Apr 30th, 2012
Such a yummy Meatless Monday dinner using the ramp pesto I made yesterday. This (not terribly traditional) pasta shape is Molloni, referring to the way they resemble big springs. They hold the pesto perfectly and have a great balance of gumminess and not. Mmm! Also, a true garden salad in that all the greens are, [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating on Apr 30th, 2012
This cake is fabulous. I adapted Andrew Knowlton’s French Yogurt Cake into this, and it’s magnificent. Five other people tasted and were equally enthused. Mamma mia! I also made these tartlets which I’m sure will taste wonderfully, but I forgot them in the oven (had been turned off at least) when I went to pick [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating on Apr 30th, 2012
Posted in Cooking & Eating, Politics on Apr 30th, 2012
Did y’all see Jimmy Kimmel’s roast from the White House Correspondent’s Dinner on Saturday? We watched it last night and were in stitches at least 50% of the time. Best quote -JK talking about Rick Santorum- “he may not have won the nomination, but he succeeded in getting his message out, not just to Americans, [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating, Libations on Apr 29th, 2012
Perfection, and our newly discovered cocktail, The Applejack Rabbit (1927), is wooonderful. Will post!
Posted in Cooking & Eating on Apr 29th, 2012
Lime curd! Pizza! One side ramps and bacon, other side ricotta-stuffed squash blossoms. Holy hell! Drinks in coupes on the way. White House Correspondents’ Dinner from last night, coming up next.