Leeks and Leaks
Posted: December 9, 2011 Filed under: Table Talk: Janet – posts by Janet | Tags: "Blissful Bites", BenBella Books, cake pop cookbook giveaway, casserole, casseroles, Christy Morgan, Cook, Dutch oven, Faith Durand, Leek, leeks, Meatless Mondays, Not Your Mother's Casseroles, olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano Leave a comment »
Janet here: No this isn’t a homonym lesson. I’m just noting an interesting concurrence: the week in which I make a fantastic leek dish was also the week the light fixture in the bathroom at Casa de Roomie (I live in two places if you’re not a regular reader) decided to become an unofficial shower as water streamed out of it one day just as I was about to head out the door to work. It was, obviously, an awesome moment.
"Blissful Bites" Giveaway!
Posted: November 30, 2011 Filed under: Table Talk: Rachel – posts by Rachel | Tags: "Blissful Bites", Christy Morgan, cookbook, giveaway, Lifestyle Choices, Pseudorandom Numbers, vegan, Veganism 3 Comments »Rachel here.
So, it’s that time of the year when two of our favorite things come together: gift giving and meal sharing. These aren’t wholly separate entities either. Preparing a meal for people you love is nothing if not a gift and so, too, is receiving their satisfaction as they scrape their plates clean. The generosity of spirit that seeps through food–whether taking the time to nourish yourself, spending the weekend in the kitchen baking cookies for neighbors, or sitting down at a meal lovingly prepared by another for you–comes to the fore in the holiday season as we remember to pause and take stock of our good fortune which can be so easily obscured during the daily grind of the rest of the year.
