Sunday, May 23, 2010
lifelong friends
I am so privileged to have these two beautiful and amazing women to count among my closest friends.
the perfect roast chicken
Thank you for teaching me this, Nigella. This one is drenched in olive oil (a la Eric Ripert) rather than butter. Butter makes a crispier, browner skin. But I watched Eric make a roast chicken on PBS today and was inspired to try it this way.
chicken tostadas
Also from Everyday Food (it's a good magazine!). Herbs and lettuce from our garden.
fish tacos
A recipe from Nina's thoughtful Christmas gift last year - a subscription to Martha's Everyday Food. Partnered with locally grown asparagus.
boston cream pie
My first attempt at the Joy of Cooking's pastry cream. Here in a not pretty to look at but yummy Boston cream pie. I also went with a milk chocolate icing - not the dark chocolate one that's recommended by the recipe.
grandmother's crow's nest
Not much is left of my grandmother's 82 years on this planet. Some photos. Some Hummels. A chair I can't bear to recover. Some pots that she fired in her basement kiln. And this recipe which my mom and I still make to honor her. And because it's tasty.
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