For over four years, I have been gifting Easton’s teachers with mason jars full of food that comes from our kitchen: cookies, marshmallows or chocolate bark*, usually. For the holidays, I give them proper presents, but for other occasions, like Easton’s last day in their class, Teacher Appreciation Day and Valentine’s Day, we bake. To…
Snacks
Furikake Guacamole with Japanese 7 Spice Blend Tortilla Chips
You may think that two furikake recipes in one year is overkill. Personally, I think it’s a serious deficit. Trust me. I’m aware that the foods that top my list of favorites — chicken liver, salmon roe, canned and fresh sardines, really intense cheeses — are easily found on other people’s, not-in-a-million-years lists. So, I…
Roasted Apples, for everyone
Roasting apples is not the most revolutionary thing out there. But, it’s been enough of a game changer for me, and enough of a surprise for others, that I thought it was worth it to write about them. A couple years ago, I made a batch of baked oatmeal using raisins and raw apples. It…
Vanilla-Spiked Pear Sauce
I have often told Larry that he doesn’t want to see what’s happening inside my head. Sometimes, it’s personal, and he wouldn’t want to hear it. But a lot of times, it’s one of those crazy crime scene boards, with pins, and strings connecting something on the left to another thing all the way on…