If I was sent to that proverbial island and there was one food I could take, it would be liver mousse. I can hear your collective gasp. Most people are reviled by the stuff, but I call it God’s pudding. It’s slightly sweet and very rich and I could eat it endlessly.
It serves as the…
So as you've probably heard by now, I have this new friend named Julia.
Julia has a Meyer lemon tree.
Julia also has a plum tree.
Julia also made that lovely lemon tart for the Tuscan photo shoot we did not too long ago.
Want to know how to make it?
Well, you'll have to ask Julia. But this is…
Remember way back when I made my national citrus fruit appeal? Actually I think it was a global citrus fruit appeal. Well either way it was epic, okay?
Remember when I then preserved some Meyer lemons for a rainy day?
Well today is that rainy day.
Even though it's sunny.
It's high time we use those preserved lemons, don't…
Grandma P. is in rehabilitation. She's slowly getting her movement back. But she is not pleased with the situation. She said, "Well I guess you're learning a lot about life, aren't you." Then she said, "I'm learning a lot about life too."
One of the last things we made together was tofu mayonnaise. She really loves…
I stumbled upon a new beer bar in Mill Valley a few weeks ago, with sawn lumber for tables and a sea of beer and nothing to eat but German pretzels, rolled out, and twisted, and baked to order. I tried a pretzel and what struck me most was not the pretzel (though it was…
I made a friend! It's a big deal because since I moved to CA for a bit, I don't have many in this neck of the woods.
YOU are my friend. No, don't look behind you, I'm talking to YOU.
I have a very active cyber life. It's how I cope.
But the good news is that a…
I like soft foods. It will serve me well if I have no teeth one day. I like to make my own soft foods whenever possible, the skills will be useful if I'm living off the grid somewhere and I'm toothless.
Or if I'm just living off the grid.
Or just living toothless.
I made homemade cheese the…
I like all things pickled. Pickled peppers, pickled ramps, pickled... things.
Sorry. I'm not feeling very eloquent today. I just read a lot of legal jargon and it fried my brain and my eyes are blurry. I can barely see this screen. I'm waiting for things to return to normal... which isn't necessarily eloquent either, but…
A few weeks ago I rendered some duck fat.
And then I rendered some pig fat.
And it was good.
Whenever you render fat, you're left over with something we call "cracklin'." It's an automatically southern word. Don't bother putting a proper -ing on the end of it, you're wasting your time. It's cracklin'.
The first time I heard…