Let them break bread
Must we compare lunch box meals with the Obama children? The trail back to preschool basics is within reach for all of us: make good choices. Let them break bread in peace. In today’s Washington Post
Statesman Food Matters
The Cookery warms up . . . in today’s news with the Austin American-Statesman’s Addie Broyles. Addie shares my recipe for Simple Soup Supper in Try This At Home. Feed and read with Addie around her print and electronic tables.
DIY Sink Upgrade
Sink upgrade: complete. Everything works. We’ve found no leaks (yet), and we’re celebrating this kitchen upgrade in DIY fashion – cooking at home this evening.
Not Sunk Yet
With projects around this cookery, the situation occasionally gets worse before it gets better. But we’re not sunk yet. After the fourth trip to the hardware store, we’ve purchased the final parts to finish our upgrade.
Out with the old . . .
kitchen sink. Have you ever tried to squeeze a size 8 foot into a size 6 1/2 shoe . . . to see if maybe the shoe might fit? Our bright, open kitchen with the perfectly-placed island provides great space for the cooking process. But we’ve been struggling to clean pots, pans, and oversized cutting boards […]
Austin priceline: Hass avocados
Keep it affordable, and dress up your menu with a little help from HEB. At two for $1, Hass avocados may make the cut in your food shopping budget. Likely imported from Mexico this time of year, the Hass green fruit will enhance my tortilla soup later this week.
Clean slate in the cookery
Happy New Year, food-minded friends. The advantage of leaving a tidy kitchen is returning home to a clean slate. We’ve just returned from holiday travels and it’s great to be home. What’s best–we’re starting the new year off with an empty refrigerator and a sparsely stocked pantry. True, my wallet may feel the pinch this week, but […]
Go Figure
Have you checked the figures lately? Aside from the profile in the mirror, maybe the more urgent matter is the grocery bill. The e-mail lands here in the cookery, The New York Times lands on my sidewalk but ends up here, and the snail mail gets opened and digested here. Within 24 hours, I opened and reviewed a tempting […]