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Caviar and CodfishCaviar and CodfishMy daily life in food. With a little wit, a nutty boyfriend, and a dog named Champ. Recipes with every post. 
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The happy tedium of cherry jam.
2008-06-03 00:49:00 I?m feeling a bit better this week?not better as in I can spend more time off the couch than on it better, or my life is going back to normal and I can sleep a whole 8 hours without being awakened by shudders of pain in my back and hips better, or even I no ... More About: Living , Cooking , Food , Recipe , Fruit
Depression and quesadillas.
2008-05-23 19:12:00 I’ve been a bit, uhh, unreachable lately. I haven’t posted and—worse—haven’t been answering emails or commenting enough on your blogs. In truth, I haven’t been doing much of anything—well, I saw a wonderful play on Saturday which was followed by an even wonderfuller meal at Saul in Brooklyn, but after that things began ... More About: Living , Cooking , Food , Depression , Comfort food
Forever lentils.
2008-05-16 21:43:00 All winter long, I ate lentils. I made them often and ate them greedily, thinking, for some reason, that winter is the only season for lentils. Of course you could have them a few times in the late fall, when the weather starts to get blustery, and even once or twice at the very ... More About: Cooking , Food , Recipe , Sides , Forever
Ugly as a Monkfish?s Uncle
2008-05-12 22:14:00 If monkfish can teach you one thing, it’s “don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” There are hardly any foods in the world that are this ugly: But monkfish isn’t simply ugly, it’s also hands-down the best fish to use in a stew, assuming you can get over the look long enough to cook it. ... More About: Cooking , Food , Recipe , Seafood , Soups
Hauntingly Tender
2008-05-07 23:10:00 I don’t eat (much) veal. That hauntingly tender texture has a way of reminding me that what I’m eating was a baby animal—one who wasn’t allowed to move much throughout it’s too-short life so that I could have a tender dinner. But, like all guilty pleasures, I make exceptions. I love to ... More About: Cooking , Food , Meat , Recipe , Main Course
Because giggling is even hotter when dubbed.
2008-05-05 23:37:00 Did you hear? The original Iron Chef is coming back to TV! It premieres tonight on the Fine Living Network at 11. I can’t wait to hear the dubbed-in voices of the Japanese women judges, who always look like they’re saying something more intelligent than what we hear in English—the English laden with ... More About: Dubbed
Saturdays are for staying in your pajamas all day.
2008-05-03 21:19:00 This is the first weekend—in what feels like many weekends—that I have nothing to do. No one to visit. No doctor’s appointments to keep. No festivals to attend. No dinner parties. Nothing. I don’t even have a book I’m close to finishing that, hence, would take up all my time. ... More About: Cooking , Food , Recipe , Salad , Healthy
Grilled Tuna Tacos & Salsa Verde
2008-04-30 22:50:00 Tacos are fun. They’re eat-while-standing-up food. They’re perfect-with-alcohol food…they’re party food. I’ve always loved tacos—tacos (or spareribs) were my favorite dinner as a child, and they remain so to this day. I don’t, however, make tacos often. I’m not sure why, since they are easy as pie (much easier actually). I think it ... More About: Cooking , Food , Recipe , Seafood , Tuna
Lame Baker
2008-04-27 16:13:00 I’m usually a good Daring Baker. I may wait until the very last minute to do a challenge but I’ll get it done and, more importantly, get it done right—which means no cheating on the recipe rules. But not this time. See, this go-round I got lazy and by Saturday night when we got ... More About: Living , Baking , Cooking , Food , Snacks
Stir-Fried Okra to Mix Things Up a Bit
2008-04-23 23:27:00 No one should be bored by what they eat. If the contents of your kitchen aren’t proof of that, then the internet is—we live in an age of information, where on the web you can find a recipe for practically anything and where the intricacies of food cultures are available to everyone, in books, on ... More About: Cooking , Vegetarian , Food , Recipe , Sides
Vegetable Soup? It?s freakin? 80 degrees out there!
2008-04-18 01:23:00 It’s getting hot in here. Well, not in here—this series of tubes that we call “the internets”—but out there, on the other side of my window, where tulips and blossoms are beginning to bud under the warm New Jersey sun. Tomorrow’s temperature may reach 80, there’s a warm breeze blowing through the blossoming trees, and the ... More About: Cooking , Food , Vegetables , Soup , Vegetable
We are cursed.
2008-04-16 01:09:00 Jim and I are cursed. I’m absolutely sure of it. The very same day that my back began to feel better than before I got my steroid shot (exactly seven days after I got the shot), Jim hurt his back. When I heard his voice over the phone at work, I assumed that he was calling ... More About: Cooking , Food , Recipe , Sides , Comfort food
Blackness.
2008-04-10 02:57:00 UPDATE: I wrote this post in a lot of pain but I’m happy to report that, since then, I’m feeling much better. I figured I’d post my diatribe anyway, since the bean recipe that goes with it is really delicious, and hey, why not? I’m sorry but this post is pretty dark. I’m about to ... More About: Food
A little spring in my kitchen.
2008-04-08 00:41:00 Spring is being a bit cagey this year. She doesn’t know if she really likes the sun, warm breezes, outside picnics. I mean, winter can be attractive—he’s blustery, he’s frigidly cold but then again he’s inviting, enticing people to go inside and cuddle up by the fireplace with him and a cup of steaming ... More About: Cooking , Vegetarian , Food , Vegetables , Kitchen
Hatteras Village Vacation
2008-04-04 04:41:00 So. My vacation. As you can tell from my lack of posting this week, I’m still pretending to be on it. I’m a firm believer that no vacation should last for less than 2 weeks and if I can’t still be on vacation in reality, I’m on the beach in spirit. The vacation was wonderful. We ... More About: Living , Cooking , Food , Holiday , Restaurants
Back and Ready to Party? No, not really.
2008-03-30 18:36:00 Hello! I’m back, sunburnt, over-tired, and ready to start the (super-fun!) process of looking at my vacation photos. So, this post will be short—one to tide you over until I write up my vacation, boring you silly with the details (you’re excited, right? right?) I’m really only writing because: It’s Daring Bakers Time! Yes, you ... More About: Baking , Food , Party , Sweet , Back
Two-Week Two-Year Anniversary, Maple Baked Beans, and a Plug
2008-03-21 16:55:00 I like to stretch celebrations out as far as possible. Birthday? you ask; Birthweek!! I reply! Got a new job? Let’s celebrate until you feel assimilated into it! One, maybe 6 months, yeah? Your dog learned to sit? That warrants, what eight, yes eight nights at least of revelry and debauchery. Why not!? Life is ... More About: Living , Food , Baked , Anniversary , Recipe
Hangover Corned-Beef Hash
2008-03-18 20:40:00 Even though my St. Patrick’s Day was filled with doctor’s appointments and physical therapy, I figured there might be a few of you out there nursing a hangover and in need of an easy dinner. Corned beef hash is the ticket if you have any leftovers. To tell the truth, Jim and I didn’t end ... More About: Living , Cooking , Food , Meat , Recipe
Who Knew? Spaghetti Squash Actually Resembles Spaghetti!?!
2008-03-15 16:03:00 For years, whenever I heard about spaghetti squash one thought came to mind: Gimmick. Labeling can be such bullshit; frozen bean burgers are said to taste “just like beef;” there’s an item on menus called “cauliflower mashed-potatoes” (which are good, but sadly not mashed potatoes); and everything is low-carb, low-fat, high-fiber, nutrient-enhanced, and made to ... More About: Living , Cooking , Vegetarian , Food , Vegetables
Simplicity in a Pound Cake
2008-03-13 21:54:00 Simple, buttery, sweet. Recipe s with these criteria have been popping up around the blog-(and magazine)o-sphere recently. Molly made a Busy-Day cake. Claudia jazzed it up a bit. I was already drooling over the prospect of a simple, buttery, plain cake when Saveur’s March issue sat down on my doorstep. The ... More About: Baking , Cooking , Food , Dessert
Back with a Pot-Roasted Chicken
2008-03-12 02:41:00 I knew I couldn’t stay away too long. As soon as I told you all I’d be taking a little blog-vacation, my computer started to seduce me. Every time I passed by, on my way to dilly-dally about nothing (that’s what vacations are supposed to be like, right?), my computer would reach out ... More About: Living , Cooking , Food , Recipe , Poultry
A Short Hiatus
2008-03-07 01:49:00 I’ve been in a bit of a slump lately. My back isn’t totally better. I haven’t lost weight as quickly as I thought I would. I’ve changed my diet pretty dramatically and I’m in the midst of creating new meals and entering a whole new food-terrain. There’s a few tweaks I need to make ... More About: Life , Living , Hiatus , Short
Winter Ratatouille
2008-03-04 23:02:00 One of my favorite late-summer dishes is ratatouille. It helps to keep your spirits warm as fall begins to creep in and it’s outstandly satisfying to make. You chop and chop and chop, throwing everything into a big pot to swim together, and an hour or so later the flavors have melded to ... More About: Cooking , Food , Vegetables , Winter , Recipe
Bistro Salad for One
2008-02-29 00:13:00 Every once in a while, Jim and his mom go out to a weeknight dinner alone. I usually spend this time relaxing in the apartment, reading quietly or watching some Food TV. I rarely cook. Sometimes all I’ll eat for dinner on these nights is a few pieces of my favorite cheese ... More About: Cooking , Vegetarian , Recipe , Salad
Arroz con Pollo
2008-02-25 22:23:00 Over the past year or so, I’ve learned that my favorite foods are the so-called “peasant” or “country” varieties: simple risottos, stews, braises, cheap cuts of meat, long-cooked vegetables thrown in a pot. It doesn’t matter where these dishes originate from, if a recipe says it’s a favorite of “the people,” “the farmers,” or ... More About: Cooking , Food , Meat , Recipe , Poultry
Five Things (and an Award)
2008-02-23 17:51:00 I was recently tagged by Dana of Proof of the Pudding AND Jamie of Good Eats ‘n Sweet Treats to write 5 random things about me. I usually don’t participate in these things but I just adore their blogs so much that I couldn’t resist. So, here goes. 1. I hate the sound ... More About: Living , Award , Things
Simple Miso Soup
2008-02-21 03:57:00 This post may be uninteresting to you, especially since Japanese food in America has been wildly popular for the past few years. It’s a simple recipe for Miso Soup . And I am so excited about it! I guess I missed the boat on this one—when all of my friend’s were lapping up miso soup ... More About: Food , Recipe , Soups , Simple
Barbecue Beans
2008-02-18 20:32:00 I have a horrible cold-slash-probably bronchitis that’s ruined my weekend. I was planning on writing a nice long post, really a love-poem, to one of my favorite dishes—Barbecue Beans . Thinking that barbecue beans never get the flattery they deserve, I was going to write a post about how remarkably delicious they are, with ... More About: Food , Sides , Spicy
Jerk Chicken for People with Tongues of Steel
2008-02-14 04:03:00 This is a recipe to spice up your life this Valentine’s Day. I’d like to think of myself as a spicy person. I’d like to think I could handle scorching hot chiles and searing curries. I think it’d be sexy desirable kinda-cool if I could down tacos slathered in the hottest hot sauce. ... More About: Cooking , Food , People , Recipe , Poultry
With Growth Comes Change
More articles from this author:2008-02-12 17:47:00 I’ve changed! With the one-year birthday of Clumsy Cook coming up, I decided to get a new look—and a new NAME! Over this past year of cooking, studying, and blogging, I’ve learned so much about food that I simply don’t feel clumsy anymore. Now, I won’t promise that I still ... More About: Food , Change , Growth 1, 2, 3 |
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