Summer Pesto Pizza
Pesto. Pizza. What's not to love? My basil plant kicked the bucket, so I used chive pesto instead.
The I Hate to Cook Book: Review
When we think about the 60s, it’s easy to fantasize about the retro aprons and think about how people cooked back then. After all, a common mantra among real foodies is “if your grandma wouldn’t recognize it as food, don’t eat it.” The I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken blows that notion right …
Skid Road Stroganoff
This is a recipe from The I Hate to Cook Book, which was written in the 60s and is actually quite funny. It was recently re-released. I tried not to adapt the recipe too much.
Cream Soup Substitute
From time to time, I’ve taken liberties with this Simply in Season experiment. Like when I had guest posters make the cranberry recipes because I’m allergic to cranberries; or decided to forgo the persimmon recipes because I couldn’t find them locally. When I first saw the Cream Soup recipe, I thought to myself, “Cream soup? I only …
Okra Curry
"It smells like a fungus. And not a good fungus, either."
The famous quote from DH when he saw me slicing the okra. See, we do have a lot of fungus/fermentation going on in our house, between his beer and my cheese. But it was still funny.