“You have to go to the potato store yourself,” JR insisted, with me standing, petulant, in the kitchen, chouriço and onion all chopped up and ready to go. “Why? Why can’t you? I mean, you’re right there,” I whined back. And he was. In the living room, glancing back at me over the island separating… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Amy
November Book Events
This is a busy month for everyone: winding down from All Hallow’s Eve, prepping for Thanksgiving, and then the looming holiday and social season staring back at us from just over the edge there after the Big Meal has been consumed. Yep, I used to see the calendar as one long thread, now I envision… Continue Reading
Pear & Sweet Onion Pulled Pork
Recently, at a class on sustainable meats (very ably taught by Jackie Church of The Leather District Gourmet), the icebreaker question posed to me was, “What’s your favorite thing to cook?” Sitting next to me, Laura and Rob of The Two Palaverers gasped (or at least it sounded like gasping to me), while I gasped… Continue Reading
Fall Food Fest Blogger Potluck Wrap-up
You know, when you go to pull together a blogger get-together for the first time, it’s hard to know how it will go, what will happen. Will people even show up? What will we do – you know, besides eat? You never anticipate the incredible generosity – not just of the blogger community – but… Continue Reading
Quinoa, Squash, and Black Bean Salad with Toasted Walnuts
If you’ve been visiting here for a while, you probably know that I have a bit of an obsessive disorder. I wouldn’t call it compulsive, just obsessive. Typically, this has to do with seasonal foods. It happens that the desire for each food doesn’t pass, it’s just that its season ends, generally at the exact… Continue Reading