Posted in recipes, sweets on January 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Papa, Matt and myself went and spent New Year’s Eve with my friend Chuck and his girlfriend Diane. They are both known to be fantastic cooks and that is why I am always more than pleased to accept a dinner invitation to their place. Chuck is Greek and has been commanded by his grandmother to […]
Posted in holidays, recipes on December 19th, 2007 21 Comments »
The first time that I ever had Swedish Meatballs was at a New Years Party held by one of my Mum’s friends when I was about 5 years old. His mother was an elderly lady who loved to cook and she whipped up a whole Crockpot full of the little beauties. They’ve been a personal […]
Posted in recipes, soups on December 7th, 2007 No Comments »
What are we having for dinner tonight? When I asked myself this, at around 1pm today, I had no answer. So I strolled into the kitchen to see what we had the most of. The answer to that was carrots. It was snowing this afternoon and the sky had been promising to do it all […]
Posted in recipes on December 4th, 2007 No Comments »
This quickie that I whipped up tonight reminded me of the wild foods that we taste-tested in my Ethnobotany & Anthropology course way back in undergraduate school. I have always had an interest in wild healing herbs and wild foods that are available in my local environment. Not that I claim this to be a […]
Posted in Indian, recipes on November 30th, 2007 3 Comments »
By far my absolute favorite ethnic vegetarian dish in the world is Aloo Mutter. Being from the U.S. I have always wondered if that is the correct spelling, as the spelling differs depending on which Indian restaurant you visit. I prefer spelling it Aloo Mattar. When I lived in Britain they called it Aloo Peas, […]
