I own a pressure cooker; I’ve had it for years. A dull-colored metal pot with a lid and a carefully balanced pressure regulator, it comes to life on the stove. The pressure regulator vibrates, hissing and spitting like an angry rattlesnake. Which is why the cooker sits at the top of a cabinet, well out…
Archives for March 2011
Double-Apple Oatmeal
As anyone who’s been reading this blog for a while can tell, I love breakfast. But it’s a lot more constrained than dinner, and it’s made first thing in the morning, when I am not at my most patient or imaginative. That means it’s easy to get into a rut. About a week ago, I…
Thai Tomato Soup
On Saturday I helped to host a meeting, one of a series that has been going on for a while. They’re quarterly, and long, so we decided to include lunch. It was a fantastic decision. People love to be fed – especially real, homemade food. To easily accommodate a varying number of participants, we usually…
Equipment Note: BeaterBlade
If you have a stand mixer, you probably know that it is a wonderfully powerful kitchen tool. Tasks that are a major pain with a hand-held mixer – or nearly impossible by hand – just require you to throw the ingredients in the bowl, turn it on, and go. But you probably are also familiar…