It’s like I have a one-track mind in spring, and that track is laid with slender pinkish stalks and leads inevitably to the oven. I’m talking about rhubarb, of course, and my favorite (easiest!) preparation, the oven-baked compote. So last week at the greenmarket, I was compelled to buy yet another pound-plus of the crunchy, [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 12, 2008
Caramel Coulant
I haven’t posted in over a week, as I’ve barely been able to cook anything more interesting than oatmeal. Yes, I have so-called reasons: I’m at work most of the day and trying to see my friends in the evening, and there was that appetite-negating heat wave. But it’s all just an elaborate excuse [...]
June 1, 2008
Work n Roll
This evening I got out all my sushi-making supplies and made some rolls to get me through the working week. I used brown medium-grain rice (didn’t remember to get more sushi rice when out, didn’t want to go back out), and cooked it pretty much the way I cook sushi rice, but with more [...]
Stumble It!
