The Sohla and Delia and Nigella of it all pt 1
Where they fall I don’t read cookbooks. I use them. They are frequently gifted to me, or purloined from houseshares where no-one else claimed them and people...
Celery In Excess (or What to do when you buy a mid ingredient)
A gathering of bits No shade on celery. I’m sure it has an abundance of friends and lovers, and that it has someone to call when a body needs burying1. I am...
…and finishing it.
Toast is always great Let me get back to tasting. That’s the whole lesson, the instinct that Sohla is trying to hone - how to taste food, when to taste it,...
...working through it...
Real beans. Fake cheese. There is no predicting vegan cheese. Lord love them for trying, but it does add an extra layer of effort (and a frisson of...
Beginning something...
That’s some fine looking chopping Today I did a preparing, but not an eating. As in, the meal I wanted to cook didn’t fit into the day (or leftovers) I had...
Cucumbers - Take Two! (aka Little Chunker)
Not a sex thing. No cute lil’ Persian cuques (quck? Cuce? Cúke?) in Co-op, but I’ll take a big boi. I took that big boi and I smashed it, I smashed it good!...
A Lesson
It’s beets! Copyright Elizabeth Cox, obvs. I do dislike learning. Or, being told to learn. Even if I’m the one doing the telling. I have not read much of...
I'm Julie & Julia-ing myself
This is not the beginning (obvs, there are not beginnings, nor endings etc etc), but it’s where (and when) I’m going to make some mistakes. It’s a project -...
