cooking for two

Oriental Asparagus Salad; A Lovely Award for a Stupid Woman

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First: the fun stuff: I have been given this gorgeous award by not one, but two of my favorite bloggers:  Núria of Spanish Recipes and Neen and Do of Post-Collegiate Cooking à Deux. It’s called the Arte y Pico Award, after the blogger-craft artist in Uruguay  who created it. The award is meant to honor … Continue reading…

Lemon Spinach and Chicken Salad; Pain??? Gain???

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Lemon Spinach and Chicken Salad Long, long ago, in a place far, far away I was fit; in decent shape, as it were. I did it the easy way. I went to a spa, twice a year, and beat my body into submission. My days at the spa went something like this:      5:30 … Continue reading…

101 uses for Green Garlic; an Ode to the “A’s”

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Shrimp in Green Sauce I once had a book called "101 Uses for a Dead Cat". Before all the cat lovers start hissing at me: we had a cat at the time, I love cats, and the book is/was hilarious, especially if you know cats! The authors were truly inventive and the drawings of "Far … Continue reading…

Pizza Steak and the Weekly Menu Planner

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I saw pork balls at the market today. No, not the kind one makes with ground pork and spices that often appear on Chinese buffets. The other kind. They were in between the horse steaks and the goat. One of the things that we can’t get here, or, at least, not easily, is really good, … Continue reading…

Beef in Guinness; So we’ll know them by their limping….

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Beef in Guinness May those whoLove us, love us. And those thatDon't love usMay God turnTheir hearts; And if he doesn'tTurn their heartsMay he turn Their ankles. So we'll know themBy their limping. There is a lot of Irish wisdom floating around this weekend: some sappy; some satirical.  But none embodies the true Irish spirit … Continue reading…