the first of iced coffee*

I savor the crunch of the sugar crystals in iced coffee. All winter long I look forward to the point when it will be warm enough to drink an iced coffee – freshly brewed coffee, milk and sugar over ice. Delicious!

Don’t let me be misunderstood, I definitely love coffee in many forms – hot, cold, [...]

Waiting…

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frozen spring, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

Today’s 62 degree clammy warmth is only further confusing my mental clock. Yes, it’s the end of February when I typically start to long for the warmer days [...]

Guess that grain?

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What’s that grain?, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

I’ve been experimenting with new grains, as I think I’ve mentioned here before. Coconut flour in a carrot cake? Yes! Quinoa flour in muffins? Delish! Amaranth flour [...]

Did someone say chocolate cake?

Every once in a while, wait, who am I kidding….Almost every day I get a chocolate craving. Usually that craving can be satisfied by a small piece of a yummy chocolate bar (Today’s pick – Chocolove’s Orange Peel in Dark Chocolate. But sometimes my craving is a little more complex. I want chocolate, but [...]

bean soup

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dinner, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

My plan was that I was going to write more about food here. The food I cook, the food I eat, my love for food. You know what happens [...]

2008 – Welcome!

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perfect way to start the year, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

For as long as I can remember my family has eaten eggs benedict on new year’s day. I remember one year when I was 10 [...]

Preparing for the new year

The missus and I completely bastardized a recipe for a black-eyed pea salad from one of our favorite cookbooks today. We’ll be making the salad again in the first week of the new year as we count down the important foods to eat early in the year (Eggs Benedict, black-eyed peas, reuben sandwiches…)

cooking fools

Fall has finally come to New York, and the briskness in the air means that the missus and I are feeling the urge to cook and cook and cook. On the stove and in the oven right now – five pounds of apples boiling down to apple butter, two delicata squash roasting to be scooped [...]

buche de noel

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buche de noel, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

This past weekend the missus and I spent time in the kitchen… I had a strange craving to roast a chicken on Friday night, which we proceeded [...]

Oatmeal: It’s what’s for breakfast!

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oatmeal, originally uploaded by martha mosquito.

Almost every week day morning for the past few months I have arrived at work and followed the same ritual. I turn on my computer and my desk lamp, [...]