Valentine’s Day is the worst. Or so I thought, until we started a new tradition with friends two years ago. . . At least, we tried to start a tradition. So far, the day has not yet gone as planned. But we have high hopes for February 14, 2013.
On the Sidelines
Shake Up Your Hash Browns!
Once, I spent a summer on a 50-foot sailboat with a dozen other people. We slept on hammocks beneath the stars and cooked meals out of canned chicken and instant rice in a galley that makes my small kitchen huge by comparison. Occasionally, we would trawl a fishing line behind us as we sailed, then […]
Sesame Sugar Snaps
This is a vegetarian recipe for a simple side dish. But how little that sentence does to describe the taste of a crisp-tender sugar snap pea that has marinated, after cooking, in a sweet and tangy sauce made from sesame seeds and gotten better the more of the Japanese-inspired flavor it soaks up. This is […]
Delicata Squash Salad with Balsamic-Oregano Drizzle
It might appear in the transcript of my BGSK life that I’ve become a bit of a dinner party delinquent. This is partially, but not entirely true. I still try to have people over for a meal once a week, which is certainly down from the 2-3 night frequency that in part gave birth to […]