Iris: When I’m big I’m going to drive a big tractor. And I’ll have metal cows at my house. Me: Metal cows? Iris: You push a button on the back and they eat grass. Me: Do they make milk? Iris: Yes, you press a button on the udder and milk comes out into the container. Me: Are these robot cows? Iris: […]
This week’s Culinate column is about fats again. Cue Homer Simpson noise. Chewing the fat, part II I know what you’re thinking after reading these two columns. You’re thinking, “I have not heard Matthew drone on about fats and oils sufficiently.” Well, lucky you. This Saturday I’ll be on Tom Douglas’s Seattle Kitchen on KIRO 710 AM […]
Many times I’ve professed my love for Alice Medrich’s New Classic Brownies. I won’t embarrass myself by calling them the “world’s greatest brownies” or something, but they’re the only brownies I ever make. Now the New York Times loves them too, and they printed the recipe. They also printed a couple of other brownie recipes. […]
Last night we took Iris to our favorite restaurant, Dinette. She was not very impressed. She liked the gnocchi with short rib sauce and the lemon tart. Laurie and I had a wonderful pasta, trofie with braised octopus, escarole, radicchio, and toasted breadcrumbs. I intend to make a home version minus the octopus. Today I had […]
How small a kitchen can you handle? Maybe smaller than you think. When we last moved, a year and a half ago, I went from a kitchen that held all of my cooking equipment to one that held less than half. The rest went to a shelving unit in the dining room (an IKEA Ivar, […]