On Top of Spaghetti

Spaghetti

When it’s dark and rainy (even in the middle of summer) there’s something reassuring about a big bowl of spaghetti with red sauce. We make up a batch of what we call “schaumgummi red sauce” every few weeks – enough to have some for dinner and the rest, to stow in the freezer for, you guessed it, a rainy day. I have gradually been trying to rotate out the white flour pasta for the mixed grain varieties from Trader Joe’s – so far the flax is the most popular, with the rice flour pasta being awful and gummy and the whole wheat too crunchy for the likes of some people. But there are times when you just want old school spaghetti.


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Fish Wednesday: Sharing the Garden Edition

In these mild summer evenings, we love to eat dinner outside while hummingbirds do the same at the backyard feeder. We are obsessively trying to photograph the pair of Rufus birds that we think have set up house in a very spiky tree that hangs over the low fence between our yard and the neighbors’. …


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Fish Wednesday, Salmon Sammich Edition

The nice thing about having a gas grill is you can walk outside, grill yourself up a little something, then wander back inside and, you know, eat it with very little fuss. There’s no planning, no charcoal chimney, no fretting about if the kindling is too wet or the wind will take out the flame. …


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Fish Wednesday, Island Style

Fess up. Which one of you told me to grill mangoes? You are an evil genius. Now, I’m not sure I’m going to want to eat anything else. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, grilled mangoes. Good lord. Whew. You can scoop the mango out of the skin with a spoon after you’ve grilled it, and the places …


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Fish Wednesday: Salmon, Swiss Chard, and Sparrows Edition

We have sparrow issues. The little brown birds have found my Swiss chard and they will not get out of it. It’s like a salad bar to them. Do they care if I chase them off? No. Do they care if I am sitting right there? No?  They give me the stink eye and then, …


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Fish Wednesday: Basil & Orange Halibut

Don’t pay extra for halibut fillets; fish is expensive enough as it is. If you cook it properly the fish comes right off the bone, it’s super moist and delicious, you won’t miss the fancy cut. Marinate the steaks for as long as you feel like – mine sat for about an hour. Brush the …


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