Wow Chow Cooking

Well, after procrastinating for MONTHS, I finally mustered the courage to open the BBQ grill. I got it only last year. It’s a VERY nice grill (well, best one I’ve ever had) and it came in very handy when we had no kitchen during the 2010 kitchen renovation. In April, we had a vicious windstorm [...]

After an outright rainy spring (we were literally deluged with rain), June is dry and HOT. Man, can’t it EVER just be 70 degrees and perfect for stretch of time? Things bob up and down too much. Anyway, I haven’t been cooking much in this heat. My region broke records this week with 97 degrees [...]

Since we are renovating the kitchen and dining room (we’ve completely gutted the rooms down to the studs and subflooring), I have the opportunity to build a new one from scratch. Of course, I am restricted by a few things: we have only one exterior wall, so the stove must go against that wall if [...]

Now THAT’s a fancy breakfast. Oooo la la!! I stayed at the Soho Grand Hotel last week, and ordered breakfast. I opened the aluminum tray cover (wow, just like in the movies!) and that is what I saw. I believe it’s called Eggs Benedict. It was an English muffin sliced into halves, with a sliver [...]

… when you have no kitchen?! In case you don’t follow my other blogs, I’m renovating my 1855 home. This year, we’re tackling the kitchen and the dining room… and I’m having a problem cooking. For one, after ripping apart plaster and lathe in 80-degree heat all day, I just don’t *feel* like standing in [...]

We have a large family, and when we have guests over for dinner, the dinnerware goes REAL fast. I hate having to give some people the nice china, others the “medium” quality cheapo Chinese stuff, and others the plastic plates because we do not have enough dishes for everyone. :-p I finally ditched my Chinese-made [...]