Weekend Kat Blogging: The Care and Feeding of Our Wee Kat

Until this past week, we have been sitting Kat in her car seat, and crouching on the floor with her in order to feed her solid-food meals. Every supper was a vignette of “Crouching Parents, Uncomfortable Baby,” and was pretty much a comedy of creaky knees, curious cats and pureed pea speckled car seat.
But those […]

Korean Barbeque: Bulgogi (With Asian Pear and a Simple, but Delectable, Salad)

I have been having a good time playing around in the kitchen with Korean flavors and recipes.
First, the kimchi–which is fermenting along very nicely, thank you, and tastes better and better every day. (I have to remember to take some to the farmer’s market tomorrow for the two farmers who grew the cabbage and […]

Book Review: Cooking At Home With Pedatha

“From food all creatures are produced. And all creatures that dwell on earth, by food they live, and into food they finally pass. Food is the chief among beings. Verily he obtains all good who worships the Divine as food.” –Taittiriya Upanishad
This quote is the text chosen as the opening to Jigyasa Giri and Pratibha […]

Wholly Vegetarian Refried Beans (Which Taste Like They’ve Been Cooked With Pork)

I grew up eating lots and lots of dried beans, simmered on low heat all day, in a big pot, seasoned with a ham hock. My favorites were pinto beans, which were usually served in a bowl with diced raw onions on top and cornbread on the side. They may or may not have had […]

Morganna’s Simple Vegetable Stir Fry Using Barbara’s Rules of Three

To test my theories on making simple Chinese stir fries, Morganna set out to follow my Rules of Three, and concoct a vegetarian dish to accompany another stir fry I was making that included meat.
Morganna is generally no better at following formulas and recipes than I am, but she stuck to the premise of my […]