Continuing on our prior weeks’ discussion about egg salad, last week’s recipe was a brief lesson on the way to properly boil a farm fresh egg. In the spirit of building the perfect egg salad, this week I’m offering a primer on homemade mayo, another egg mystery that, once solved, can quite possibly unlock the […]
Archives for July 2016
The Fledgling
I am wondering lately if I have spoiled my children in the past, or if I am neglecting them in the present. Bob shakes his head in disgust and tells anyone who will listen that I have always kept vampire hours, a mystery that he pretends not to understand. But we both understand. I’ve worked […]
Homemaking Meets Hospitality
“Saoirse, this isn’t our house. Get your stuff off the couch.” “Ula, this isn’t our house. No eating or drinking in the kitchen. Take it outside.” “Mom, this isn’t our kitchen. If you have to touch the food, wear gloves.” We own the cafe, but only because our name is on the deed. Already we […]
How to boil a fresh egg
When the cafe opened two weeks ago, we featured egg salad as our first special. A few of you, observing that the only eggs that can be obtained off the farm these days are usually only a couple hours old, wondered how we managed to successfully boil and peel them to make the salad. […]
The Lost Chicken
It’s sometime after ten pm, and I’m running back and forth between the house and the car, looking for a chicken. I’m not sure if it is three days before opening day at the cafe, or two days before we open. I have stopped counting time. Time implies waking hours and sleeping hours. I’ve surrendered […]
Lazy Girl Spare Ribs
I get the whole smokey mystique of authentic barbecue. I like the flavor, too. And in theory, I like the idea of spending an entire afternoon tending the coals while nursing successive beers, waiting for dinner. But finding the time and the energy to bother….well, that’s just not happening. Here’s my lazy style for getting […]
Two Year Old Egg Salad
“Why haven’t you gone to bed yet?” Bob scolds me from the kitchen as though I were one of the kids. I should have gone to sleep two hours ago. I’m trying to understand the price of an egg salad platter. The cafe opens on this Saturday, and I need to figure out what’s going […]