Amazing Roasted Butternut Squash Soup...and Revised Expectations: 01/26/2013 My squash soup gets a makeover. So do my plans.... 
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Caribbean Style Black Bean Stew and Some Rules: 11/18/2012
Amidst a bunch of major life changes in less t... 
Oats of Steel: A Love Affair: 08/16/2012
I was at a retreat center when I took my first...
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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Watched Pot
It’s not true that a watched pot never boils. What happens is it hovers on the edge of almost-boiling for so long that after a long stretch contemplating the quiet liquid and floating vegetables you sigh and turn away and … Continue reading
Posted in Meditations on Food
Tagged ADHD, cooking, homemade, idleness, spiritual practice, watched pot
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Vegetarian French Onion Soup, Julia Child Style
“Vegetarian French onion soup? How do you do that?” everyone wanted to know. I wasn’t exactly sure, but I had a plan: use Julia Child’s method for the onion part of the soup and for the “French” part, that is, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Recipes, Soup
Tagged cheese, cooking, entertaining, french, homemade, onion, recipe, vegetarian, whole foods
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A Gift for Myself
For years, ever since I moved into this house, whenever a recipe called for oil to be brushed onto bread, vegetables, or a dish, I’d pour some onto my fingers or onto a paper towel and attempt to spread it … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Cooking
Tagged baster, cooking, pastry brush, utensils, vegetarian
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Homemade Vegetable Broth: A New Challenge
My husband, Wayne, and I disagree on broth. He claims that the key to excellent broth is long simmered chicken bones and parts. Or those of beef or pork. I’ll admit that plenty of world culinary history backs up his … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Easy, Lowfat, Recipes, Soup, Vegan
Tagged anxiety, broth, cooking, fear, homemade, laziness, MFA, recipe, vegetarian, whole foods
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