How my father learned to cook (Recipe: traditional spaghetti gravy)
on Nov 15, 2009 in Guest bloggers Italian/Mediterranean Main dishes Noodles and pasta Sauces Stews and chili Guest post and photos by Sarah in Boston. When my mother passed away, two days before their anniversary, she and my dad had been married almost 15 years. While I doubt he ever got over the shock, my dad stepped into the role of single parent and, all...

Other People's Pantries #94
on Nov 14, 2009 in Other People's Pantries From Kirsten (From Kirsten's Kitchen to Yours), in Ojai, California: I moved into a very small apartment, 400 square feet, and with only two cupboards (above the stove no less!) I turned to freestanding items for my pantry. I use mason jars to hold f...

Harissa (Recipe: Moroccan carrot salad)
on Nov 12, 2009 in Condiments, relishes, pickles Italian/Mediterranean Low calorie Picnic Refrigerator Side dishes Vegetables Vegetarian An updated post from 2006, with a new recipe, photos and links. The chile peppers on the can gave it away.Before I even knew what harissa was, I knew it was hot. Head-sweating, hair-tingling, tongue-numbing, nose-dripping hot. And I love hot. Harissa...

Panko (Recipe: panko and mustard crusted fish)
on Nov 10, 2009 in Cupboard Fish and shellfish Main dishes Before our first visit to Japan, in 1986, Ted and I tried to memorize one hundred words we thought we'd need -- please and thank you, taxi, toilet, bank, subway, where, how much. Shrimp (ebi) and train station (eki), both on our list of necessary wor...

Drop In & Decorate cookies for donation: have fun, do good, make someone's holidays happy
on Nov 8, 2009 in Odds and ends “Thank you for the extraordinarily beautiful holiday cookies that you prepared and delivered to the Crossroads Rhode Island Family Center. For the fourth year in a row, your group has brightened the holidays for homeless families who are unable to...

Other People's Pantries #93
on Nov 7, 2009 in Other People's Pantries From Julia (Cook.Grow.Eat.) in Cambridge, Massachusetts: This is the post that will make you really grateful for the kitchen and pantry you have! Despite my hardest efforts, I am not independently wealthy. So when I bought this house, I had to make c...

Brazil food: Kitchens and cooktops (Recipe: chicken with ora pro nobis)
on Nov 5, 2009 in Chicken and turkey Garden Odds and ends Spanish/South American/Latino The fourth in an occasional series of posts about Brazilian food and ingredients we discovered during our recent visit. On our first morning at the Pousada do Capão, we drank cashew juice and ate homemade granola and fresh, really fresh, mango and p...

Turmeric (Recipe: saag aloo/potatoes with spiced spinach)
on Nov 3, 2009 in Asian and Indian Gluten free Indian Side dishes Spice rack Vegetarian In days of old, when nights were cold, I used to spend a lot of time knitting. Yarn shopping replaced clothes shopping as my favorite activity. I bought yarn wherever I found something out of the ordinary -- at a stall in Covent Garden, at a craft fa...

Powdered buttermilk (Recipe: pear spice cupcakes)
on Nov 1, 2009 in Bread, scones, muffins, pizza Breakfast and brunch Cookies, brownies, cupcakes Cupboard Desserts and sweets Fun for kids When you drive toward my town from pretty much anywhere, you pass a mall or two. Big box stores, little box stores, grocery stores and discount stores. Drive-through doughnuts, drive-up banking. Hardware, software, sportswear. It's hard to believe th...

Other People's Pantries #92
on Oct 31, 2009 in Other People's Pantries From Kalyn (Kalyn's Kitchen), in Salt Lake City, Utah: It's probably been three years now, but I can still remember my feeling of delight when I first discovered Lydia's blog. Finally, here was a fellow blogger who might be as infatuated with pantry...