The Kitchen Illiterate

2012, Week Three

laura k — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:02:44 +0000

I’m a bit late in sharing these pictures; I was in Dallas for a conference last weekend and just got home late Tuesday night. And this first picture, well, it’s not my best, but I was trying to be surreptitious.

Jan 15 – [...]

Five-Spice Beet Soup

laura k — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:24:02 +0000

I have a hard time putting beets on the menu. I love them, but I feel limited in how to prepare them. It can be difficult to introduce them into a meal because of their overly exuberant tendency to tinge everything pink. They’re delicious roasted, [...]

2012, Week Two

laura k — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:52:03 +0000

Jan 8 – Wild Rice, Butternut Squash, and Broccoli for dinner

Jan 9 – Chili Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Jan 10 [...]

Pumpkin Seed Cilantro Pesto

laura k — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:00:47 +0000

I’m not alone in finding myself trying to eat better in January. I read a lot of food blogs, and I think at least half of them are talking about embracing the vegetable (the other half are valiantly clinging to their chocolate and bacon, [...]

Chicken and Chard Burritos

laura k — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:00:44 +0000

Sometimes on Sundays I peruse cookbooks and I start getting excited. I start making up grocery lists and weekly menu plans, and I have it all figured out. I know that Thursday, I’m going to make Chicken Escabeche with Carrots and Jalapenos, and wild [...]

The first week of 2012

laura k — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:14:39 +0000

I don’t really set New Year’s Resolutions, per se, but I do like to give myself goals and challenges. This year, I decided that I want to learn more about photography, and start to develop some new skills. I decided, as part of this challenge, to share a photo a day. I was inspired by [...]

Mushroom and Cipollini Onion Pasta

laura k — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:00:13 +0000

For Christmas, my partner’s sister gave me a copy of the Bi-Rite Market’s Eat Good Food: A Grocer’s Guide to Shopping, Cooking & Creating Community Through Food. Bi-Rite Market is a former convenience store turned gourmet grocery in the heart of [...]

Trying New Things: Easy Thick-Cut Pork Chops

laura k — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:00:20 +0000

I can hardly believe it’s 2012 already, and the holidays are over. We roasted a goose, which was very exciting. We had a full-on multiple course Christmas dinner, which was challenging with two-year-olds at the table. But it was a total success, hot goose fat [...]

Chicken and Dumplings

laura k — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:00:24 +0000

While a California winter isn’t as wintry as New England, or even Walla Walla, we’ve been getting our fair share of damp chill lately. But unlike the onset of winter in Boston, the Bay Area winter doesn’t fill me with dread. I’m actually loving it: [...]

Vegan Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls

laura k — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:15:29 +0000

The holiday season hectic-ness has set in around here. On top of the standard holiday stress of present-buying and event-attending, we’re pressing ever onward toward a critical deadline at work. Then I decided to spend two days at an intensive leadership workshop, and Sean and [...]