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A Cheesy Farewell to Farmstead
So, Farmstead is closing. And this is how I feel about it. I remember coming into the shop the first weekend it opened. I bought some Mimolette and a clothbound cheddar to go with grilled radicchio (I wasn’t quite so … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Food
Tagged Farmstead, food, Providence
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Cows and Chicks: Grrls Beef Camp
“Hang on: I’m gonna come over and feel your rump.” So spake Master Butcher Kari Underly at last Monday’s Grrls Beef Camp (she meant a rump roast, I might add), a one-day, hands-on educational event for women in the meat … Continue reading
One Damn Thing After Another
Life is just one damn thing after another. This was the sentiment on the birthday card I gave my wonderful husband last week. The quote is attributed to Elbert Hubbard, an American writer, publisher, artist, businessman, anarchist, and libertarian socialist philosopher. I’ve … Continue reading
A (Lamb) Shoulder To Cry On
I’ve been pretty low lately. The type of low in which popular songs on the radio bring me to tears*. Work is kicking my ass (and biting my ankles and just generally pantsing me). I’m trying to keep my chin … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Uncategorized
Tagged butchery, food, Josie Cotton, lamb, Ryan Farr, tacos, Valley Girl
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Sheep Thrills
I’ve been mired of late in a particularly trenchant existential crisis. Of course the EC in and of itself is nothing new to me; I spend approximately eighteen hours of every day drifting in and out of some form of … Continue reading
I Lamb What I Lamb
A few years ago I took at class on beef butchery at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. It was very cool. And by cool, I mean downright cold because the class took place in what (I … Continue reading
A Week of Magical Eating
I just polished off the last of my Friday lunch: a mouthwatering melange of rice, heirloom beans, heirloom tomatoes, and spicy salsa, topped with a sunny side up egg. This bit of ambrosia was prepared for me by Peter Gobin, genius proprietor of Mijos … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Uncategorized
Tagged cocktails, food, La Laiterie, Mijos tacos, New Rivers, Providence, tacos, tomatoes
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Chopped Liver & Celery Soda for Steve
My friend Steve Pearlman died last week. Steve made me (and a thousand other people) laugh. Losing him makes me cry, and remembering him makes me feel lucky. Steve and I met at a wastewater conference in 2005. We both … Continue reading
Noodling Around
With the year of meat behind me, I approached 2012 looking for a new culinary challenge. Since I don’t have storage space for sides of beef or pork, large scale butchery was out, and since I don’t have the parenting … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Asian Cooking, Elvis Costello, Food, Music
Tagged David Chang. Momofuku, Elvis Costello, noodles, ramen
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Late to the Party: The Final Charcutepalooza Challenge
I’ve mentioned before about the challenges of 2011 for me, and how those challenges threatened to render me more cynical in a not-funny-cynical way*. (*At this point, my husband, if he is reading, will say, “When did your cynicism EVER … Continue reading
Posted in Charcutepalooza, Food
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