Food, Photography and Bon Mots
OK. OK. It’s another damn Banana Bread recipe. In my defense, this is a Banana Bread recipe with a new twist: tahini. No. Really. Tahini? In Banana Bread? Wow! Who’d a thunk it? Tahini is a paste made from toasted ground hulled sesame seeds. You’ve…
I’ve always enjoyed the Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald take on the Gershwin tune “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” particularly the riff on “you say potato and I say poTATo.” (Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off) I was reminded of that thin bit…
If a cake and cornbread got married… This is an addicting little cake. It’s beautiful in a simple but elegant way, too. I confess that it becomes an “every single morning” part of my breakfast routine whenever I bake it. Dusted with just enough powdered…
Homemade bread. It’s having a renaissance if you haven’t noticed. You have only to look at the nearly-empty flour shelves in your local grocery store to know that people are baking. Bread flour isn’t the only baking ingredient in short supply; don’t even think about…
When life gives you lemons… No! Wait. I already used that line in the last post. Let’s start over. Here’s a better (and more gentle) lede: A hot cup of tea. A warm slice of banana bread. Golden sunshine streaming through the window and…
I made biscuits the other day. It sounded like a good idea but I ended up hating them. B-o-r-i-n-g. Even a generous pat of Kerrygold butter couldn’t bring them to life. OK. I’ll admit that it may have been me. I am in my…
“If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.” -Cesar Chavez I get a lot of pleasure from sharing food. There is something wonderful about watching…
Three hundred and seventy-three blueberries. That’s how many berries Juliet and I had to pick up off the floor. I had reached into the refrigerator, gotten distracted as I grabbed a jar of marmalade and, in one fraught moment, managed to dislodge the two-pound box…
I was reminded of Paul Simon’s iconic hit as I was making banana bread the other day. I’m quickly finding that there are at least fifty ways to make the sweet treat. (If you want to relive a bit of Paul Simon’s performance…
I was lying in bed the other night when my iWatch tapped me on the wrist. (The watch has a haptic function that allows it to tap you lightly on the wrist with a vibration to deliver reminders, alert you to the end of…
