Cauliflower, in my opinion, is not the most versatile vegetable. We love it, but it’s uses are limited. It tends to be, for want of a better word, crumbly. That attribute makes it perfect for cauliflower rice (or so I’m told, never having tried it) but challenging for other things. I would not add it to a stir-fry, for example, or a skillet hash. I have never tried it in … Continue reading →
There you are in your kitchen. In your dining room are: (choose 1) Your new fiance and future in-laws (for the first time) The evaluating team from a major 'Cook Book Publisher' All of the friends you have been bragging to about your successful food blog Your mother, who threw her hands up in disgust the last time you cooked for her – 15 years ago You are about to … Continue reading →
Who out there likes to clean? Come on, be honest…. I actually knew someone once, my neighbor in Andorra, who loved to clean. She preferred cleaning her house to walking in the mountains or going to the market or working in the garden or cooking. I prefer cleaning my house to having extensive dental work done… But, only just barely. Of course, my Andorran neighbor’s house was spotless. Maybe I’d … Continue reading →
Bechamel Sauce How do you like to be treated when you're sick? Not seriously sick, just a little sick; like a cold, or the flu…. When one is under the weather, one normally also has a bad case of the 'poor, pitiful me's' as well, so how one is treated can become monumentally, if only fleetingly, important. I have both a cold and the 'poor me's' this morning, so I … Continue reading →
