Love and melancholy rush in whenever I use my Nana Claires bowl. The sturdy piece of yellowware is smooth yet pitted and cracked from age and regular use from three generations of Robb women. Mindful of its heft as I pull the bowl gently from its home on the stainless rack nestled among the other [...]
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Have A Little Sweet, Spice and Smoke In Your Bowl
August 15, 2009 – 6:26 pm
My music-maven friend Kelly asked me via Twitter if I had yet prepared anything with freekeh – the nutritious young, roasted greenwheat that is low GI and high in fiber – I hadn’t, and had not even seen it on any of our local grocery shelves. Learning that Trader Joe’s is now carrying the grain [...]
Beer me a Season
August 8, 2009 – 1:45 pm
Indian-spiced lamb blade chops, spiced eggplant and crispy kale. Yesterday while at market to replenish my stash of the Magic Hat Brewing Co. seasonal beety Wacko, I discovered Wacko is done and in its place was a harbinger of fall – Roxy Rolles amber ale (“Hoppy Autumn!”). Sigh. August has just arrived and it’s feeling [...]
