Archive for the 'Dad’s cooking' Category
Maple Roasted Nuts
December 19th, 2011by Caroline Lots of people make some version of a sweet or spicy roasted nut during the holidays; this is what Tony makes every year. We give bags to all our teachers and then snack on them all season long. 1 pound nuts ¼ cup maple syrup ¼ teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon [...]
In Which the Husband Saves the Day
November 18th, 2011by Caroline I had a little meltdown the other day. It had been a day in which various bad things and mistakes piled up, and when my kind, dinner-cooking husband asked if I wanted a stir fry for dinner, I didn’t take it well. We’ve been eating a lot of stir fry lately, but that [...]
Roasted Tomato and Pumpkin Seed Salsa
April 6th, 2011by Caroline Really, this is Tony’s post, as he is the only one in our family who will enjoy something in a restaurant and then try to recreate it at home. He’s done it with Eos’ shitake mushroom dumplings, Jackson Filmore’s gnocchi with chard in lemon broth, and now taqueria Papalote’s delicious salsa. His is [...]
Cooking under deadline
February 24th, 2011by Lisa Since 2009 Pete Wells has been writing a column in the NY Times magazine about cooking with his family. This past Sunday, he wrote his final column. In it, he confesses that he never really figured out how to cook dinner after working full time–and get it on the table in time for [...]
Dad’s in Charge
February 2nd, 2011by Caroline By the time anybody reads this post, I’ll be comfortably settled into VirginAmerica’s seat 11E on the morning flight from SFO to Dulles. I’ll have my tea, more books and magazines than I can read in 5 hours, and my airplane snacks. I’ll be looking forward to four days at the Association of [...]
Roasted Chili Paste (Nahm prik pao)
January 19th, 2011by Caroline I might like to think that my strawberry pop tarts were the hit of our New Year’s Day party, but it’s Tony’s roasted chili paste that friends are still talking about, and while Tony’s made a couple extra batches to give away, somehow we find ourselves opening the jars and digging in before [...]
Shitake Mushroom Dumplings
December 24th, 2010by Caroline When Tony and I were dating, we used to eat pretty frequently at a nearby restaurant, Eos. It’s got a lovely Asian-influenced menu, with plenty of fish and vegetarian choices for us. We used to order broadly off the menu until we realized that we really love the shitake mushroom dumplings the best, [...]
Okra. A Reminder.
December 15th, 2010This is not really a post about okra (though I do have a simple recipe below) but a reminder that when kids are involved in your meals, they should be involved in your meal planning. My husband and I know this, of course, and we do involve them to a certain extent — we ask [...]
Thankful
November 26th, 2010by Caroline Wednesday afternoon, after lunch. We’re hanging out, starting to think about, maybe, some Thanksgiving dinner prep. My brother-in-law calls; he’s on his way, but can’t stay as long as he expected. He’ll leave after lunch on Thursday, instead of staying through dinner. Hmm. Thanksgiving dinner is always, in our family, in the evening: [...]
Eli’s Elegant Broccoli
November 12th, 2010by Caroline I won’t claim to take as much time with presentation as Lisa does, but Eli is either paying more attention than I thought to my small efforts or he is simply reading this blog. The recipe he invented yesterday (with production assistance from Tony) shows he’s as careful with style as substance. The [...]