Category: In the Kitchen
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Coconut Milk Curry
Today we got a new oven and it is cause for rejoicing. For the past four years we’ve used one that is older than we know, more than 100 degrees off and terribly terribly ugly. But a new oven was a luxury, and so we pushed the want aside and made do just fine. But…
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Quinoa Salad
Each week Green B.E.A.N. Delivery brings a bin-full of freshness to our front door. I really really love that we use their service. Coming home to a bin filled to the brim each Thursday is one of my favorite things. I never cease to become giddy when I unload our container and arrange everything in…
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Summer Drinks
In the summer of 2009 our drink of choice was the Mojito. 2010 was the summer of the Gin & Tonic. This summer? I think I’ll have an Americano and the mister will have a Negroni. As always, when it begins to warm up outside and the sun sets later, we stretch out our evenings…
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Carrot Cake
You know what perks up a bad day? Cake. Any type really will do, but I’m especially fond of a rich carrot cake topped with cream cheese frosting. I really wish I weren’t such an emotional foodie, but I am. Some days I can eat an apple and some almonds and call it a treat,…
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Rosemary Bread
This Sunday was Regan’s 32nd birthday and we initially had a weekend of celebration planned. Lovely dinner date somewhere fancy on Friday, a Saturday of movie-going, mini-adventures and watching the Pacquiao v Mosley fight with friends on TV, and then hosting a Sunday cookout with our parents so that we could celebrate Mother’s Day as…
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Graham Crackers
Growing up our cabinets were always stocked with a box of honey grahams. They were our go-to snack for every occasion. In fact, I had a friend over once in middle school who was allergic to multi-grain bread — the only kind in our cabinets. Having no other options on hand I made her a…
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A Bit on Food and Reading
Between the ages of 8 and 18 I was a voracious reader of all fiction. I was introduced to John Irving at a young age and read his books with the same intensity I read R.L. Stine, Lois Lowry and Gary Paulsen. It was a funny mix I embraced at a young age. Then from…
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Homemade Pasta Round Two
While my first attempt at homemade pasta noodles was tasty, I made them much too big. I just couldn’t get the dough rolled as thinly as it needed to be and my cutting skills were lacking. So, I played around with a different recipe and do believe I have found success. This recipe uses 8…
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Zucchini Bread
This week I’ve packed up a 4,000 square foot office with my co-workers and downsized to a 1,000 square foot temporary space in a pilot’s lounge at the old Indianapolis airport. Out one window I see planes taking off. The other window looks over a jet in the hangar. Nothing feels like what I know.…
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In the Kitchen
When I was young my family lived in a brick farmhouse built in the 1800s. Of all the rooms in that house, I have more memories that take place in the kitchen than in any other room. I would stand at our Hoosier cabinet and sift flour for my mom when she baked. I’d curl…