yesterday i decided to try a recipe that i picked up at the king arthur flour bakery. it is called flourless torte, but fudge torte would be more like it. and the word truffle comes to mind as the top...
farmer’s soup
one of my fondest memories of growing up on a dairy farm was the food. we didn't have much money, so most of our food was home grown. even our unpasteurized milk came into the house from the milkhouse after...
monday,monday
mondays at our business are usually hectic. we clean up after weekend "gigs", start new salads and lunch specials, order product for the week, get organized for the upcoming catering jobs, answer phone messages left over the weekend, make a...
dining together
for about five years, i have had the privilege to have a gracious older lady as company for dinner almost every friday. she retired from teaching about 20 years ago and i got to know her because she had become...
other eats
so...sometimes what someone or in this case (a dog) eats is not the best idea. last sunday i was listening to my friend talk about the bolognese sauce she was sharing with me. it is truly an all day affair...
Day Tripping
today, july6, the business was closed because we were catering on the third. so....it was a road trip for my friend, flo, and myself. we turned on her garmon gps and started for norwich, vt. there is a wonderful destination...
parties, parties, parties
this weekend is the fourth of july, and we're cookin' and bakin' as fast as we can. we brought in back-up to handle the extra work. it is said in the catering world that you're only as good as your...
Heating Up
things are heating up, literally, as we begin the catering season. today, it had to be 100 degrees in the kitchen, as we turned it up for roasting vegetables for a pasta prima vera and then back to 350 degrees...