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An Old Fashioned Life
If the double meaning of “an old fashioned life” isn’t clear, allow me to spell it out. While my thinking is quite progressive–I’m a queer person living in Brooklyn, after all–my behavior and hobbies can sometimes be out-of-sync with the times. From making preserves in the summertime to re-wiring a lamp when it stops working;…
Menu No 8 Redux
Redux is where I give those tips, tricks, suggestions, and recommendations that one might typically find at the top of each recipe in a traditional cookbook. Since Menus have limited real estate, we do that here on the internet. And better still: whenever I think of a clever new idea for an old recipe, I’ll…
Lentil Salad with Mustard Greens
A standby for summertime barbecues. People will thank you for not bringing another two dozen Kirkland chocolate chip cookies. Or bring those, too. Finely chop 1 shallot, 1 celery stick, and 2 long red chili peppers. These peppers have a little heat—not too much—but if you can’t find them then use half a red bell…
REMIX 1: herbaceous | marine | citrus
REMIXES is exactly what it sounds like: recipes from different Menus that are mixed-and-matched with the same waste-not sensibility. These collections are also meant to be a bit more achievable: if Menus are a quarterly endeavor taking a week’s planning, you could pull off a REMIX for Sunday supper: just three or four recipes that…
Chinese Five-Spice Cookies
A chewy, chocolaty cookie for Christmas. Orange and Chinese 5-spice powder give them an element of familiarity while making them just a bit unusual, but delicious none-the-less. Using a stand mixer with a dough hook, combine until just blended With the mixer running, add 2 egg whites and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. When the dough…
Menu No 3 Redux
Redux is where I give those tips, tricks, suggestions, and recommendations that one might typically find at the top of each recipe in a traditional cookbook. Since Menus have limited real estate, we do that here on the internet. And better still: whenever I think of a clever new idea for an old recipe, I’ll…
Menu No 6 Redux
Redux is where I give those tips, tricks, suggestions, and recommendations that one might typically find at the top of each recipe in a traditional cookbook. Since Menus have limited real estate, we do that here on the internet. And better still: whenever I think of a clever new idea for an old recipe, I’ll…
Menu No 2 Redux
Redux is where I give those tips, tricks, suggestions, and recommendations that one might typically find at the top of each recipe in a traditional cookbook. Since Menus have limited real estate, we do that here on the internet. And better still: whenever I think of a clever new idea for an old recipe, I’ll…
Menu No 1 Redux
Redux is where I give those tips, tricks, suggestions, and recommendations that one might typically find at the top of each recipe in a traditional cookbook. Since Menus have limited real estate, we do that here on the internet. And better still: whenever I think of a clever new idea for an old recipe, I’ll…
Menu No 1 Backstory
I put a lot of thought into the format of Menus, and Menu No 1 would set the template for subsequent cookbooklets. The recipes were a given, of course, and I knew I wanted to start each one with a little essay on some such that was on my mind. But because Menus was catalyzed…