In keeping with the "one pot, many meals" theme I've followed since I've arrived, and with an eye to the crazy amounts of lamb I've been working on, I grabbed a shank and some stew lamb on my way out of the shop on Saturday. I looked to Darina Allen of the Ballymaloe Cookery School for inspiration, but veered wildly from her to coax a little more ( Read more... )

"It's dead, and you have a knife. Guess which one of you is going to win."

I broke five lambs into primals today, deboned shoulders, frenched racks, and tied roasts. I'm tired and I rock.

Caldo Verde, or "green soup" is the national dish of Portugal. It's based around a few simple ingredients that create a humble and comforting pot of meals to be enjoyed throughout a week of what's been deemed the "snowiest winter ever" by the locals here in not-quite-Upstate New York ( Read more... )

It's official.

I am no longer hip enough for Davis Square. That is all.

Guess who's got two thumbs and will be back in Boston on January 17th? This guy ( Read more... )

Today's lesson from the kitchens here at Gravlax West ( Read more... )

I find myself inclined to hang our pot rack in spite of the vast cabinet storage in the new kitchen. I think part of the issue is that the cabinetry is designed more for contractors than efficiency. They were just nice enough to impress a potential buyer on a quick walk-through, but they don't have much else going for them. For instance, nearly ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning with superhero hair. It's all spikey and flecked with silver.

Awesome.

We've arrived safely in Corvallis, OR and have emptied the car in an attempt to fill some of the ample space of our sprawling ranch (house, not cattle). We are now seeking out dinner while contemplating how to spend the evening in a way that doesn't involve our sitting in camp chairs and staring at each other over likely very good local brews ( Read more... )

Nothing quite saps one's passion for gardening like a neighbor liberally spraying Roundup (or some other equally noxious herbicide) on the decorative ferns immediately behind your plot and slowly watching all of your previously healthy plants struggle to make chlorophyll. The good news is that we have virtually no pests. The bad news is that it's ( Read more... )