Archives for February 2015

Cabbage and Noodles

February 25, 2015

Yesterday we woke up to snow.

E. had never seen it before and we spent several minutes first thing looking out his bedroom window while simultaneously flipping through “The Snowy Day,” pointing from book to window, making the connection.

After breakfast, we bundled up and trundled outside to hurl tiny snowballs and shake the snowy bushes in our front yard. In the afternoon, we sat in front of the fire and read picture books. And for dinner we ate hearty bowls full of cabbage and noodles, the perfect meal for a snow day….

Baby, It’s Cold Inside

February 20, 2015

This morning — the coldest morning of the year and maybe of my life — I dropped E off at daycare and came home to a power outage.

No heat, no internet, no cooking apparatus. Even our water comes from a well with an electric pump.

I decamped to my parents’ house for the rest of the day.

The power is back on now and I’m back at home but the house is still cold. My kitchen thermometer says we’re hovering in the mid-fifties. Despite the cold temperatures, both inside and outside, Paul reports that everything in the freezer began thawing out. I’m afraid to go and check.

I managed a relatively productive workday at my parents’ kitchen counter (thank goodness for laptops), but one thing I didn’t get to do was remake the dish I had hoped to share here today. I made it last week but ate it before taking any photographs. Sorry.

So, in lieu of a recipe, I’m passing on a few recent favorites from the internet instead. Baring any more catastrophes, I’ll be back next week with a recipe. Stay warm….

How to have freshly baked cookies at (practically) a moment’s notice

February 11, 2015

I posted earlier this week about my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, but I realized later that I forgot to tell you one of the best things about it.

Though the recipe works best when the dough is left to rest for a day (or three), a little advance planning means it’s possible to have fresh-from-the-oven chocolate chip cookies any time you feel like it and with hardly any effort. …

Worth the Wait Chocolate Chip Cookies

February 8, 2015

Sometimes life calls for cookies.

And when that happens, this is the first recipe I turn to.

These cookies are, hands down, the best cookies I have ever made and probably among the best I have ever eaten.

Soft in the center, crisp around the edges, studded with molten bittersweet chocolate bits and finished with a sprinkle of flaky salt — these are everything a chocolate chip cookie should be. …