One of Iris’s favorite books of the year was Cupcakes by Elinor Klivans. There are many books about cupcakes, but most of them seem to be more about making frosting roses or providing a souvenir than about making great-tasting desserts. I’m all for hitting up Magnolia to mack on some cupcakes, but cupcakes are easy […]
Everyone knows what an instant-read thermometer is. It’s a thermometer you stick into a piece of food and it instantly tells you the temperature. Right? You wish. An instant-read thermometer is any thermometer that doesn’t have to be stuck into the food while it’s heating up in order to get an accurate reading. My old […]
Today was Iris’s second birthday. I’ll be posting about the cupcake portion of the event tomorrow, but tonight I wanted to share a meatball recipe with you. These have been a family favorite since before Iris came along, but she is guaranteed to gobble several of them, so with her approval I made them for […]
We enjoyed our Vancouver vacation so much that Laurie and I are talking about renting a downtown condo for a week or two next year. It’s one thing to admire kaffir limes and chilaca chiles, quite another to be able to actually cook with them. “We could even invite some people over for dinner,” said […]
We’re back from Vancouver with some good contraband. On Wednesday took the Aquabus to Granville Island. Iris loved Granville Island, partly because when we said we were taking a ferryboat to the Island, she said, “Just like Frog!” There’s a Frog and Toad story where Frog wants to spend some time alone, so he goes […]
