Breaded eggplant awaiting hot oil. I’ve previously posted a method that ensures eggplant always turns out well.
Category: Cook
Oven-Dried Tomatoes
Two weeks ago I picked tomatoes off the vine in our garden then allowed them to ripen. Today I dried them slowly in the oven.
Our Personal Kitchen Assistant
This week we welcomed a personal assistant into our home. Or, to be more precise, FedEx delivered a Google Assistant. It’s a stubby, round box you plug into the wall. It listens for our commands and talks to us via surprisingly good speakers. It connects to Google services over WiFi. It sits in a corner…… Continue reading Our Personal Kitchen Assistant
Leftovers Become Fine Ingredients
Today is the official start of our Holiday Leftovers Season. I reincarnated root vegetable mash as “panko-encrusted croquettes.”
Goose on the Weber
Departed from tradition: cooked a goose on the Weber.
Sweet Corn
Prepared Minnesota sweet corn to be barbecued in the husk tonight.
Home-Grown Beans
Beans with dinner tonight. I planted the seeds at the end of May.
Katsudon and Japanese Curry
I’m satisfying a craving for Japanese comfort food: katsudon (panko pork cutlets), short-grain rice, curry sauce.
Sausages Made Here
Today’s high will be in the 80’s. Time to throw something on the barbecue.
Five Bucks of Spices
Today: The annual replacement of spices more than a year old. Total cost: $5.09.