RICE AND PEAS
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[picasa username=”lsq713″ albumname=”JARiceAndPeas”] A couple of years ago before getting so busy making Mad Hungry, I spent a week teaching at a work shop called The Kiln and The Kitchen at Good Hope in Trelawny, Jamaica. My childhood friend David Pinto, a potter who works up there invited me to collaborate with him in teaching… View Article
Boy Banana Breakfast
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If I swirl mashed bananas into chocolate chip cookie dough, french toast batter, pancakes, muffins etc–boys like it better. Here the bananas are mashed into the Old Fashioned Pancakes recipe from MH AND served fresh along side for a double hit. Thanks to Kamran for the reminder on this which is a very yummy and… View Article
MORE ON CABBAGE- KALE
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Not to beat a dead cabbage but–this variety of cabbage which behaves like kale is kind of insane as pointed out on yesterdays MH FB page post by Kempe Minifie (former executive food editor Gourmet magazine). Should you have a garden, I recommend getting these seeds. Unlike most other cabbages, there is so little water… View Article
SATURDAY SPOILS
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Dead of winter farmers market booty. Dinner thoughts are Chicken roast with cipolini onions and fingerling potatoes, sauted kale-cabbage, apple pie. But, first will pilfer a few dinner fingerlings for a breakfast dish inspired by the folks at Momofuko noodle bar. Crispy bacon, scallions and a slow poached egg.
MH CHILI FROM SERIOUSEATS.COM
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Another great super bowl option from seriouseats.com Try to make the chili ahead by a day or two and it’s even better Cook the Book: Chili Posted by Caroline Russock, February 3, 2010 at 1:00 PM “All along I had been searching for a chili that tasted like chiles, and this one was it.” “All along… View Article
FIFTEEN
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We’re down one soccer player and dog walker but up a french toast maker (first time, not bad). He actually followed the sub recipe in the MH stuffed french toast recipe. It took two hours to make and his version of clean-up doesn’t exactly match mine but—baby steps folks, baby steps (in more ways than… View Article
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A FEW THOUGHTS ON SUPER BOWL EATS
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Confession: American football is not my favorite sport although I do love football (as in soccer). Both kinds of football dominate our house. And no fall weekend is devoid of either. Usually, I take the time to see a movie, shop, chill with a friend or just do about any other activity other than football…. View Article
VINEGAR GLOSSED CHICKEN PLUS
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On the music front from yesterday opera didn’t win the airwaves after all but we did compromise starting with Jay Z and Alicia Keys New classic NYC anthem Empire State of Mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm61weFrK4c. Jay Z was the musical olive branch and I love this version better than solo Alicia anyway. BUT–she so rules overall in… View Article
SATURDAY MORNING MOMENTS
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Rarely has Saturday morning been such a relief–the random inconsequential moments so appreciated. A surprise flower gift has absolutely flooded our home with an amazing feminine-ish scent replacing the usual frat-house ones the vie daily to overwhelm me. And, on the coldest day of the year–my doggies couldn’t get enough outside this am and I… View Article
NO KNEAD PIZZA
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From my postings here and on FB about my bread baking activities, I think it’s fair to say that Sullivan Street bakery’s Jim Laheys new book, http://www.amazon.com/My-Bread-Revolutionary-No-Work-No-Knead/dp/0393066304 is the book I’ve most been working from in the last couple months because yeast is my new learning curve. I have had almost instant and undeserving success… View Article
MAD HUNGRY IN GLAMOUR
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Check out the February issue of Glamour Magazine for a delicious guy-friendly app: Bacon Wrapped Shrimp with Barbecue Sauce as well as other tips for feeding dudes!
HOMEMADE TRUMPS CONVENIENCE
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In the time it takes to order pizza and pick it up or wait for delivery, you can make a MUCH better and more affordable meal at home, provided your pantry is stocked. Many friends and colleagues tell me they just don’t have time to cook. But, they have time to order in and wait… View Article
MONTHLY GRANOLA MAKING
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Used to be I’d make granola for myself because store bought is often rancid (from the nuts and seeds), too sweet and weirdly flavored. Many mornings breakfast is 1. fuel/health and 2. A tummy coating before supplements not the delicious-first affairs of eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes, etc etc now relegated to once-a-week treats. Plus with… View Article
TEXAS ROUND-UP
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A few more thoughts on our Austin visit. It totally renewed my love of music which has been a part of my life as long as I can remember from my dads opera wafting through the house to mom with her Ella Fitzgerald, Lois Armstrong, Joe WIlliams etc etc. Early years in Jamaica cemented that… View Article
LOCKHART TEXAS ITS BBQ CAPITOL
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Am coming to the last of the Texas posts–that little 3-day-check-out-of-my-life trip (see previous posts). SO, on our last day after checking out of our really beautiful, comfortable and hip hotel the St. Cecelia http://www.hotelsaintcecilia.com/ (more on that later), there was one last place that needed visiting. Lockhart Texas is the self titled heart of… View Article
TEXAS BREAKFAST
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Apparently breakfast tacos and Migas are must eat breakfast choices when in Austin. So we had both plus, natch and we chose to eat at Cisco’s, another Austin institution. Migas is a melange consisting of tortilla chips fried with onion, tomatoes and scrambled in egg with melted cheese. Phew. It’s very similar to the Mexican… View Article
AUSTIN TEXAS
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So, while we travel collectively and individually for random reasons NEVER EVER do my husband and I go it together without some combo of the boys. But with my whistle whetted from my book tour reminding me of all the awesome cities and towns in regional America, I just decided that the two of us… View Article
PRE SOCCER BREAKFAST
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Yes folks: sausage, bacon, baked beans, toast, egg and griddled tomato. Yes, this was eaten by a teenage boy several hours before his soccer tournament. (The foolproof fried egg technique from Mad Hungry was not followed by him). I wanted to add mushrooms too but he was like, no thanks. And, here’s the thing–it was… View Article