I’m not that fond of single-use kitchen gadgets — they take up a lot of space in exchange for performing tasks that other tools can usually do quite adequately. But I’ve found the Bialetti Electric Mukka Express Cappuccino Maker to be quite indispensable for the occasional afternoon pick-me-up. It takes up less space than most [...]
Posts Tagged ‘kitchen’
A gadget I could live without, but don’t want to
Posted in Eats, tagged Bialetti, birthday, cappuccino, coffee, gifts, kitchen, kitchen gadgets, milk, Mukka Express, postaday2011, Starbucks on January 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Do One Thing: Wine organization achieved
Posted in Do One Thing, Home, tagged challenge, Do One Thing, kitchen, New Year's resolution, pantry, postaday2011, Pylones, resolution, Stack, stacking wine bottles, storage, wine, wine pyramid, Wine Stack, wine storage on January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The “Do One Thing” series chronicles my yearlong effort to tackle one project every day to organize my life and home. Day 7: You can see why I had to have the Stack. Look at this perfect pyramid of wine. Because I’m storing the wine in the pantry, I’m getting twice as much work out [...]
Do One Thing: Wine problem solved, piano bench cleared
Posted in Do One Thing, Home, Travel, tagged baking, challenge, Christmas, Do One Thing, holidays, husband, junk, kitchen, marriage, New Year's resolution, New York City, pantry, piano bench, postaday2011, Pylones, resolution, stacking wine bottles, storage, travel, vacation, wine, wine pyramid, wine racks, Wine Stack, wine storage on January 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The “Do One Thing” series chronicles my yearlong effort to tackle one project every day to organize my life and home. Day 2: I labored over whether I should include purchases in this challenge. As the sole board member, I voted “yes.” When we were in New York City in early December, I saw this [...]
Sweet alternative for using sweet potatoes
Posted in CSA, Eats, tagged chocolate pie, cookbooks, cooking, cooking for two, CSA, dessert, egg custard pie, holidays, homemade bread, kitchen, pecan pie, pies, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, recipes, side dish, sweet potato bread, sweet potato casserole, sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving on November 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
True confession: I have never liked sweet potato casserole, that impostor of a side dish that shows up on the table every year at Thanksgiving. It always seemed more fitting as a dessert, but it in no way could compare to the pecan, egg custard or chocolate pie that sat in the kitchen waiting for [...]
Jake’s Ice Cream: inspirational and aspirational
Posted in Eats, Photographs, Travel, tagged Atlanta, Ben & Jerry's, Big Wheel, biscuits, brother, childhood, cooking, cream cheese icing, dogs, exploration, family, farm, grandchildren, grandfather, grandmother, ice, ice cream, ice cream freezer, Irwin Street Market, Jake's Ice Cream, kitchen, Lowe Mill, Nutella, pie crust, potatoes, red velvet cake, strawberries, woods on October 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When I was a child, a visit to my grandparents was a magical event. They had a farm with gardens, cows, tractors and sometimes even horses. My brother and I were transformed into free-range children, loosed to explore the edge of the woods, climb big hills of red clay and ride the Big Wheel up [...]
One roast, many different meals
Posted in Eats, Photographs, Uncategorized, tagged beef chuck roast, cheese, cooking, cowboy stew, food, garlic, ground beef, kitchen, leftovers, pepperoncini, roast beef, sandwiches, slow cooker, toaster oven on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I love it when a plan comes together. Or, more specifically, when a half-baked idea actually works. One of my go-to slow cooker dishes is Pepperoncini Beef, which is pretty much a 2- to 3-pound beef chuck roast stuffed with a few cloves of slivered garlic, topped with a 16-ounce jar of pepperoncini and simmered [...]
New purchases beget more new purchases
Posted in Eats, Home, Photographs, tagged adulthood, Australia, ceramic cooktop, cooking, cookware, enamelware, grandmother, home, husband, kitchen, oven, remodeling, stainless steel, stove, thrift store, Tramontina on February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Buying cookware is the final stage of entry to adulthood, right? I am SO there. I’ve been using the cookware pictured here for about 16 years. Liberated from the home of my dearly departed paternal grandmother, it’s likely older than I am. Wear and tear wasn’t really a problem, however, since she hardly ever cooked [...]
The final holiday project: cake balls
Posted in Christmas, Eats, Photographs, tagged Bakerella, cake balls, Christmas, food, gloves, holidays, iPhone, kitchen, party, photograph, red velvet cake, whistling on December 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I don’t make pretty food. (I also don’t seem to be able to make pretty photographs of light-colored objects.) So why I zoned in on Bakerella’s Red Velvet Cake Balls several months ago is up for discussion. Whatever the reason, I decided they were the perfect dessert for wherever I was going to spend Christmas. [...]
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