When I was a little girl, my ‘second mother’ (Barb) who rented the third floor apartment of our house, watched Julia Child’s cooking shows religiously. She would tape them and then watch them when she had time to sit down and take notes. She filled many pads of paper with Julia Child’s recipes. Sitting on Barb’s couch […]
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Week in Review: Ch-ch-ch-changes
This week has been quite a lot of work behind the scenes on the site. I switched to self-hosting the blog in order to gain more flexibility and control over what the site has to offer. However, this was WAY more involved than I had anticipated. I am still working out a lot of the […]
Raw Cranberry Orange Relish
For Thanksgiving, there tend to be the three main kinds of cranberry sauce–the pureed smooth gelatin one, the cooked saucy one with the occasional whole cranberry, and the fresh slightly chunky relish variety. Some families go for the gelatinous one in the can, others make a gelatin cranberry sauce from scratch, others are strictly for the cooked […]
Roasted Red Potatoes
These are one of the simplest preparations for roasted potatoes. You can make any kind of potatoes this way. If the potatoes are large, cut them into chunks. I used the teeniest tiniest baby red potatoes and so I did not cut them, but for normal baby red potatoes you may want to halve them or […]
Mushroom Gravy
When we had our first vegan Thanksgiving at our house a few years ago, for 20+ guests, one of Eric’s family members brought buckets of vegan mushroom gravy. It was such a hit–so creamy and rich and satisfying–that I was determined to recreate it. I wasn’t able to get the recipe for the exact gravy that […]
