Outpost 505

I don’t really know why we haven’t been cooking much this week, apart from the fact that we were gone on Tuesday. Maybe it’s the nice weather and trying to exercise after work? Maybe I’m just not feeling inspired by the recipes we picked while feeling simultaneously overwhelmed by the weekend’s leftovers? [...]

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Whew, where did the fall go?  I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is a week from today, and Christmas not far behind.  After a blur of visitors last month, things have quieted down a bit, except that now I’m working 2 part time jobs that eat into my days, nights, and weekends.  We haven’t managed to [...]

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Two librarians sopping up amazing sauce from Mario Batali’s Brasato di Maiale Nero (Braised Pork in the “Black Rooster”) from the Dutch oven, then making sure that they really, truly, for sure had saved a pint of the sauce for tomorrow’s dinner.
It was THAT good.

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(from last weekend, when I felt inspired to make a Spanish tortilla but only had a single fingerling potato in the larder)

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