I was home alone for dinner last night and I didn't get into the house until about 7:15. I wanted something flavorful, satisfying and healthy. I stopped at Whole Foods on the way home and this is what I made. It really came out quite well. I thought I'd share it with you. It took me all of about 20 minutes from start to finish. Note to my culinary school friends - I'd get an F for plating on this, right?! Have to work on my photography. I … [Read more...]
When life gives you…Meyer Lemons
I love the fragrance of Meyer Lemons. They strike me as kind of "tangeriny" if you will. In the wine world I believe you'd say "notes of tangerine". So, whenever I see a recipe which features them, I focus in. A couple of weeks ago I found a recipe on a site called "Foodness Gracious" for Meyer Lemon-Blackberry Scones. I immediately saved it and waited for a moment to try them. I am also a big fan of blackberries. I like their size, think … [Read more...]
Orange-Apricot Scones Recipe
Adapted from Jocelyn's Orange-Currant Scones in Morning Food by Margaret S. Fox 2 1/2 - 3 cups all purpose flour, plus extra for kneading* 4 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon granulated sugar, plus extra for sprinkling 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup cold, unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 2 large eggs 1/2 cup heavy cream grated zest of 1 1/2 oranges 1/2 teaspoon orange extract 1/2 cup dried apricots, … [Read more...]
Monday, Monday
It is perfectly quiet in my house this morning. My husband is off on a business trip and I have a few minutes to reflect on the weekend. Lots of things happened that changed my intended plans. Saturday, I had hoped to visit Stone Barns in Potantico Hills, NY. I have long wanted to go but found the property was totally closed as their sheep-sheering festival was sold out (note to self - go to this next year!). While we could have dined at … [Read more...]
Sunday mornings, about 1964
I am reading Judith Jones' The Tenth Muse, My Life in Food. Over and over again I am amazed at famous food people who can recount their earliest childhood memories and their first inspirations about food so precisely. They became "hooked" very early. Something or someone in their purely impressionable early lives connects in some powerful way and, well, there it is, a life-long thread begins. I guess this is just the truth about the passions … [Read more...]
Orange-Apricot Scones
I am a great fan of breakfast cooking and baking. Perhaps it is because my most abundant motivation occurs early in the day. There's something very cozy about baking in a quiet kitchen very early in the morning: measuring, mixing, forming, and having the giddy pleasure of sliding a tray into the oven in one physical form and then sliding it out in a completely other physical form. There is always substantive anticipation - how will this rise, … [Read more...]
Anatomy of a Food Blog
My husband asked me last night if I had written a list of things I would want to write about. I don't need a list since I always have food issues swirling around in my head. One thing's for certain. While I plan on writing about and showing recipes as I cook my way through this life, I will also write about my adventures with food media and venues. I am always "researching" food media by reading and watching what is out there. While life … [Read more...]
Well, We’re Getting There….
Well, the process of setting up a blog is quite confounding for me. Luckily, I have someone helping me who has infinite patience! Thank you, Bill W! I made what is for me a momentous decision this week - to just proceed with my posts and not wait until everything is perfectly organized. So, now I am beginning my blogging life in earnest. You can join me and see how it goes! I am thinking my blog as a "sprout" and you can watch it grow with … [Read more...]
Inauguration of Kitchen Inspirational
About Me: In Milan July 2011 and me, November 2012 This is the inaugural day of my food and garden blog, called Kitchen Inspirational. It is the culmination of a long-term dream of mine to be a writer, well, in more formal terms, anyway, as I have been a writer for my own pleasure all of my life and did a substantive amount of writing in my former corporate life, many moons ago and, pre-kids. The title is meant to be a catch-all … [Read more...]
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