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Cooking In Place: Pesto, Zucchini and Beans
It’s been a while since I’ve posted and I apologize. This is mainly due to the fact that I tend to start preparing dinner on the late side, which means I don’t have good light for photographs by the time dinner is ready. Sometimes I can make a photograph the next day, but not always as we tend to finish up the food, or if we don’t, it never looks as photogenic the next day.…
In My Kitchen: Cooking In Place: What I Found In My Freezer
I have a small freestanding freezer that doesn’t self-defrost, and yesterday I decided to defrost it. It wasn’t really a pandemic-related stay-at-home activity, as I have to do it every few months anyway. And every time I do so, I discover something good that I’d long since forgotten about. We all have these items hidden away in our freezers; my friend Cliff Wright tells me he…
In My Kitchen: Cooking In Place: Beet Greens
I always get a “two-for” when I buy beets, whether at the farmers market or the grocery store. The farmers market is my favorite place to buy them, because many customers ask the vendors to cut off the greens when they buy beets. “I’ll take them!” I always pipe up if I happen to be in line. And if I’m not, I know that my favorite vendor at the Brentwood farmers…
In My Kitchen: Cooking In Place: Lentils, Kale, and Another Minestrone
My friend Angie came over again last Saturday with more bounty from her garden. Lots of chard again – I can never have too much of it and I’ve already blanched and frozen the greens, a good thing to do during this time of uncertainty. I’ll make another gratin with the stems as soon as I have enough milk for a béchamel – whenever my most recent Instacart order gets…
In My Kitchen: Cooking In Place: Broccolini
The two things I miss the most right now are swimming at my local Y and shopping at my local Sunday farmers market. The farmers market is still operating, with very good protocols for social distancing, but for the moment I'm staying put in my neighborhood. That’s what our Los Angeles mayor has urged us to do, especially my demographic, the group that used to be called “seniors”…
In My Kitchen: Cooking In Place: Yogurt
Decades ago, when I was starting out in Austin, Texas, I had a yogurt business. Every week I supplied the Austin food coops with several dozen quarts of “Moon House Yogurt” (named after my house that had a moon-shaped window in the front door; getting an idea of what era this was?). I was forever schlepping those heavy cases of full quart-size glass bell jars from my kitchen to the car…
In My Kitchen: Cooking In Place -- Angie's Chard
A week ago my friend Angie Mason, gardener and so many other things extraordinaire, brought me 2 pounds of chard from her garden. Already cleaned! Above and beyond, but that’s Angie. We sat in the sun at either end of our long outdoor table and visited. It was a delectable moment. We are all so starved for actual as opposed to virtual visits.The chard was delectable too, and for more than a…
In My Kitchen: Cooking In Place: Granola
Here’s something you can do with the kids.This granola is my go-to house gift, party favor, and edible holiday gift. I make it every month and it goes quickly. Not just because we eat it for breakfast. It’s a popular snack in our house, and Bob likes to put it on his ice cream.It is unlike any other.“What makes this taste so rich?” my friends ask. They are sure I’ve…
In My Kitchen: Cooking In Place: More Recipes from Soups for Bob
Quite some time I posted a piece called Soups for Bob, and it has just come to my attention that the links to some of the recipes didn’t work. A friend has requested these recipes, which I am sharing now. They’re also good recipes for Cooking In Place.It’s not corn season, but you can make the puree of corn soup with frozen corn. I’ve found some sweet frozen corn at Trader…