I blame the pesto. Yes, we are growing basil again this year, and no, I am not making pesto. Too busy. But my husband loves pesto, which you may have inferred if you read last summer’s post about making pesto. Perhaps, in a moment of longing (and delirium) about the absence of pesto, he went…
Category: Pasta
The Doctor Is In
We had a touch of snow in Chicago about two weeks ago. A light dusting of 20 inches or so, officially. In some places, the snow drifts were a wee bit deeper, around three or four feet. Even the most resolute of Chicagoans preferred staying home while the storm raged outside. For a day or…
A Gradual Invention
The butternut squash is a winter staple for us, and I like the adaptability of its mild flavor. This is a trickster vegetable, riotously bright with color but serene in taste and calm in texture. The markets now carry squash that are manageable in size (i.e. smaller), with a dense upper cylinder and a smallish…
Remember the Taste 