Caregiving from my kitchen
Mix Italian sausage and ceci – chickpeas – for a flavorful stew. Ceci. Garbanzos. Gram. Chana. Besan. All words that have come into English for the humble – and amazing – chick pea. Chick peas are one of the handful of Old World beans whose …
Wow – this is really my hundredth What I Ate Wednesday post? OK, it took me more than 2 years, I did not post every week. Pretty close, though. And I do want to get this going earlier in the day, for more people to …
Let me start by making it clear that this is Not Cassoulet. The New York Times published a recipe for Cassoulet the other day, which I read as I settled into staying safely in and watching the Blizzard of ’16 drop more than 2 feet …
Of course it’s all Fall Flavors – we do Seasonal, here! Actually, I’ve been partly amused, but partly disturbed by the general cultural approach to Seasonal… I do understand that a real problem for nationwide corporations in the US is that our country spans many, …
It’s September, and a woman’s thoughts turn toward… soup. I’m not tiring of my summer love, salad. (Better not – I think I have four different heads of lettuce in the crisper!) But we have had a few cool nights, and there is talk of …