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Kate in the KitchenKate in the KitchenFood and wine explorations, delicious ramblings and the evocative fare of a passionate cook. Cooking and eating from the heart, for my family and for my health. Exploring wines, rambling on food and sharing recipes. Articles
Oops! Guess what? We?ve moved!!!
2010-04-09 17:21:00 Please come and see me at my beautiful new home http://kateinthekitchen.com
renewal, and feeding the pain
2010-04-04 14:47:00 Our life can be marked by our losses, which often can be more defining than the days that take our breath away. A loss in life is like running smack into a brick wall, after which you shake off the tweeting birds floating around your head and look around at what’s landed in your path. ... More About: Recipes , Pain
sweetly broken
2010-03-26 17:33:00 I never expected to have the last six months. And I thank God for them, because it’s been a long preparation for this day. Harmon has slipped away, very quickly and over just the past few days. It doesn’t matter what’s wrong because we don’t need to know. We just know he’s very ill, he’s ...
soundtrack days
2010-03-22 14:25:00 I’ve noticed lately that my days seem to be having their own soundtracks. We’ve become a kind of soundtrack world, what with the abundant use of iTunes, the earbud generation and the incessant need to insert any type of sound into the hours. These are the playlists of our lives, what we exercise to, the ... More About: Soundtrack , Days
rutabaga simplicity, with eggs
2010-03-17 16:29:00 My Wednesday evenings are one night of the week where both of my guys are gone, and I have been really treasuring the ‘Alone’ time, pampering myself with candlelight, a glass of wine, classical music and usually some simple meals that are for my mouth only. Do you eat differently when you’re alone? And I ... More About: Eggs , Simplicity
a commercial break
2010-03-16 14:17:00 There are lots of perks to this food blogging business. My most treasured aspect of it is how it challenges me to be a better cook, to think outside the box and to put together something that is fresh and interesting for my readers to find. I’ve driven myself out onto a proverbial ledge before ... More About: Commercial , Break
disappearing gingerbread
2010-03-12 16:39:00 I can safely say that gingerbread, or anything molasses-flavored, is going to go over well in my house. Some people have their chocolate, their Proustian moment that renders them poetic. Apparently ours is gingerbread. And it turns us into stealthy nibblers. I made a small pan of Martha Stewarts’s Chocolate Gingerbread, primarily as an olfactory ...
march sunshine
2010-03-09 23:10:00 March is a fickle friend, isn’t it? On my birthday in 2007, we had a blizzard that left us buried under 18″ of snow. Way back in 1991, I recall it being 67 degrees on my birthday. This year? We had temps in the 40′s, plenty of warm sunshine and slush covering the ground as ... More About: Sunshine , March
oatmeal pancakes
2010-03-05 15:23:00 I hope that I never get to a point in my life where I think I’ve seen it all. Especially when it comes to pancakes. If I had to pick a favorite breakfast option, pancakes might be fighting for top billing. While I do really enjoy pan roasted potatoes, especially with onion and pepper and ...
ahh??finally ajvar
2010-03-03 16:14:00 What’s that, you say? Ajvar? Is it AHJ-VAR? AGG-VAR? How do you say it?? And what the heck is it?!? It’s delicious, delightful, piquant, sweet and when spread on a toasted pita, a tiny slice of food heaven. The origin is Balkan in nature, and it shares it’s etymology with caviar, although there is no ... More About: Finally
Recovering??
2009-09-15 20:44:00 Harmon is home and seems to be resting comfortably. He isn’t too interested in eating or drinking much and I’m sure I wouldn’t be if I had that stitched up chin either. He loves it when I lay next to him and scratch his head, under his floppy protective collar and around the underside of ...
This is Harmon?..
2009-09-14 06:05:00 He’s 16 years old, and has been around since before my own child. I have a hard time remembering life before Harmon. If you’ve never had a beloved pet, if you’ve never known the beauty of their unconditional love, you can stop reading and I won’t fault you. I’d rather you click away than try and ...
C is for Corn
2009-09-11 16:53:00 For anyone holding the September issue of Gourmet magazine, you’ve no doubt been taken in by the Vegetables A to Z index, and maybe like me you’ve been drooling over the rich bounty of recipes to help you with the expected garden delights that you’ll have at your disposal in the weeks ahead. I love ... More About: Corn
Wordless Wednesday
2009-09-09 15:28:00 Mediterranean Tuna Antipasto Salad From Eating Well magazine….. Good quality tuna in olive oil Fresh romaine leaves Red pepper strips Garbanzo beans Kalamata olives Cucumber slices Tomato wedges (or cherry tomato halves) Avocado slices Wash and dry romaine leaves and tear into bite sized pieces. Dress with a drizzle of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. Arrange on plate. Top ... More About: Wednesday
Lemon Mint Potato Salad with Green Beans
2009-09-07 03:30:00 I’m not sure why, but I’ve been rather shy about mint in my cooking career. Did I have a traumatic experience with mint at some point in my life? The overdose on wintergreen Life Savers that I went through as a child? Why has mint not been forefront in my culinary dishes? I haven’t an answer, ... More About: Beans , Lemon , Green , Salad , Potato
Absorbed
2009-09-04 17:26:00 I was more than thrilled to be contacted by Penguin Publishers asking if I wished to receive a copy of Laura Shapiro’s bio of Julia Child to review. I love the perks of food blogging! Just a caveat: I am probably one of the minority of the food blogging world who hasn’t jumped all over Julie ...
Wordless Wednesday
2009-09-02 15:28:00 Poblano Chile Tostada from the Eat Wisconsin Cheese website Corn tortillas are heated to a crisp, then topped with roasted poblano peppers, grilled chicken and zucchini, fresh corn and tomato and then heated to warm everything through. Top with cilantro and queso fresco cheese. This is a great item for the grill as you can make multiple ... More About: Wednesday
Banana Bonanza
2009-08-31 05:21:00 Banana bread? Oh yawwwwwnnn……seriously? Oh my yes! Seriously! If you are at all a fan of a good banana bread, one that smells perfectly banana-y, is superbly moist and tender, with the added attraction of caramelized banana pieces on top- yes! on top!- of the bread, then you really, I mean, really need to give this recipe ... More About: Banana
Deconstructing Dukka
2008-06-09 02:23:00 Nuts, seeds…..it isn’t too complicated, but in trying to find out more information about this aromatic and amazing Middle Eastern spice mix (say ‘Doo-kah), I came across more variations on a theme than I ever anticipated. It’s just nuts. And seeds! But apparently, it’s one of those ‘authentic’ spice blends that varies as much as the ...
It’s JUNE? Where??
2008-06-03 15:56:00 The calendar is wrong. Or somewhere, the weather hasn’t realized that it’s June . Not in our neck of the woods. Despite the fact that on Sunday, the first day of the most glorious of summer months, it was a beautifully warm, sunny and exceptionally perfect day that was spent in a near idyllic state staring at the diamond flecked waters of Loveless Lake, it disappeared by the following morning, leaving in its wake a tepid memory to carry us through. Severe storms and more hail are forecasted for later in the week. We’ve become hail-weary in our state. This is why: (photo courtesy of Mpls Star Tribune) Folks, those are not eggs- that is hail. Ice stones thrown from the sky with such force that they shatter windows, siding, trees, shrubs and anything unfortunate enough to stand in its way. They turn your car into a pock-marked sorry little thing. It’s NOT fun. This was the result of a Memorial Weekend storm that spawned a tornado barely 5 miles from us, destroyi...
Dairy gets a ?Dear John? letter?.
2008-05-30 16:27:00 An Open Letter To All Things Casein- I’m breaking up with you for good, and no- this will not be an on-again, off-again deal. We’re done. I have loved you and been faithful to you and yet lately you have given me nothing but heartbreak. You have become unfaithful to me. I trusted you for so many ... More About: John , Dairy
Millet Salad with Corn and Pepper
2008-05-27 18:26:00 I’m going crazy about grain, but this is a very good thing as opposed to going nuts for something like deep fried cheese curds, washed down with a diet soda (with Splenda!) and tackling a mountain of ice cream slathered in hot fudge for dessert. Ahhh….no. Ok, well I admit to a little frozen yogurt action but ... More About: Corn , Salad , Pepper
Into summer we go?.
2008-05-23 05:49:00 But first, a look at the colors of Springtime in Minnesota. And yes, it was as beautiful as it looks. This is what is currently happening around my yard as the spring blooms unfurl their beauty. Enjoy the holiday weekend; drive safe, play safe and eat something wonderful! Lake Loveless awaits, and I will see you next ... More About: Summer , In The Garden
Everyone loves sandwiches, part 2
2008-05-22 15:53:00 The current issue of Eating Well magazine has the mother lode of exotic burger recipes for summer grilling, courtesy of meat-meister Bruce Aidells. As soon as I read over them, I mentally tagged almost all of them for a trial run in my kitchen. We LOVE burgers in this house, and what could be better ... More About: Part , Sandwiches
Everyone loves sandwiches
2008-05-19 14:51:00 Although it is widely debated on whether or not the 4th Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, truly did invent the modern sandwich, it’s more likely that any history you find on the subject will list him as only the namesake, not the inventor. Montagu apparently was quite the gambler- among other afflictions and incompetencies- and ... More About: Sandwiches
Splendid Risotto
2008-05-14 02:18:00 One thing that you probably don’t know about me is that I am an avid bird watcher, and this time of year is really fun to keep my eyes on the surrounding trees as it is prime Warbler migration, and lots of really interesting birds are making their way through Minnesota to their summer homes ... More About: Risotto
Springtime in Minnesota
2008-05-05 16:24:00 We all know words words or phrases that instill in us a wonderful sense of joy and contentment. For my 14-year old, I think the word ‘Dinnertime!’ or the phrase ‘Steak for dinner!’ would be his top choice. I know lots of folks who would love to hear ‘Time for dessert!’ or ‘How ’bout some ... More About: Minnesota , Springtime
Painting a thousand words
2008-05-03 18:47:00 I got a heavy dose of lentil fever this week. Thankfully I had the motivation to toss this together prior to languishing on the sofa with yet another rotten head cold as then Mike had at least something reasonable to eat while I sputtered, hacked and dripped through a few miserable days. It was nice ... More About: Painting , Words , Thousand
Indian Red Rice Pulao
More articles from this author:2008-04-29 15:39:00 Sometimes I feel like mentally flogging myself for not going with my gut instinct when it first urges me to do something, and on occasion, it really comes back to slap me good. Like seeing some ultra-bargain in any random store and thinking ‘Wow, I should get some of that.’ - insert any item into ... More About: Indian , Rice , Pulao 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
