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ing really when the environment is peaceful and pleasant and you aren t being interrupted or trying to return patient phone calls between bites what you eat is much more satisfying and you need less of it and of course if your lunch is a sandwich that happens to be made on homemade whole grain sourdough a half sandwich is more than enough add a glass of kombucha and an apple and you re good for the rest of the afternoon today s lunch was leftover leek and white bean soup from last night s dinner this soup was inspired by a wonderfully light ham and white bean soup my sister ronnie served at the last eagles game watch at her house go birds that soup made me realize that bean soup does not need to be thick or even creamy in order to satisfy this soup is light and lovely and with a slice of sourdough it s a dream of a lunch print recipe leek white bean soup ingredients 3 large leeks 2 stalks celery 2 large carrots 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp butter 3 small yukon gold potatoes 6 cups chicken broth 2 14 oz cans cannellini beans drained 2 tbsp fresh tarragon minced or 1 tsp dried 1 4 cup fresh parsley minced 1 bay leaf 1 8 tsp hot pepper flakes optional salt freshly ground pepper to taste instructions prepare the vegetables trim the base of the leeks cut in half lengthwise and clean under cold running water or in a large bowl of water making sure to remove all the grit and sand shake off the water and thinly slice the white and light green parts of the leeks crosswise save the dark green parts for stock trim clean and dice the celery peel and dice the carrots peel and dice the potatoes into 1 4 inch dice heat butter and olive oil in a large pot over medium high heat then add sliced leeks carrots and celery true down heat to medium and cook stirring frequently till leeks are soft about 10 minutes don t let the leeks brown add stock potatoes beans tarragon parsley and bay leaf bring to a boil then reduce the heat add salt and pepper to taste and simmer for 20 mins taste and adjust seasoning remove the bay leaf serve comments late summer plum cake a recipe in rhyme october 2 2025 well hello there it s been a minute hasn t it life for this retired doc has turned out to be very busy so much for my worries about being bored i turn around and find it s been 6 months since i ve posted on the blog but this cake and this recipe have me itching to share and make for a perfect re entry post it all started when i told my writing group about our local fishmonger who each week along with the menu of offerings at the truck sends out a poem that led our group leader to remind us of that great theater classic cyrano de bergerac the poet fishmonger begs a memory from act ii of the great theater classic cyrano de bergerac 1897 by edmond rostand in it rostand gives us the delightful character of ragueneau a pastry chef poet in addition to writing his own poems ragueneau offers free pastry to poets who give him a written poem but ragueneau s frugal wife uses those pages of poetry to wrap the pastries they sell when the morning crowd of hungry poets demand a poem from the master himself ragueneau offer up one of the most quoted recipes in verse as translated from the original french beat your eggs the yolk and white very light mingle with their creamy fluff milk of almonds just enough dainty pattie pans embraced in puff paste have these ready in reach to fill each so into these a score or more slowly pour your custard so and there you go almond tartlets ragauneau to which i replied i need to start writing my recipes in verse and the challenge was on it took about two seconds to find the right candidate for a poem my mother on law irene s recipe for summer fruit cake it s my go to summer pot luck dinner party dessert and can be made using any summer fruit usually i use a pint of blueberries but irene always made it using small italian plums a bag of which which my daughter happened to bring with her to our cottage over labor day weekend well i tell you and my husband and family concur the plum version is even better than the blueberry version of this delicious cake it s made all the more special by the fact that good italian plums are a rare find off season which means that the plum cake is an ephemeral treat whose enjoyment is limited to late summer so before it gets too late i urge you to seek out some small italian plums and try this recipe as did one of my writing group members who shared the cake with friends old and new i was so touched that she made it and love thinking of it gracing the table over which tea and conversation and community were shared late summer plum cake as summer days shorten and september comes rinse 10 ripe small italian plums pat them dry then slice in two along their length use all your strength the pit can be a challenge to remove then set aside you ve got lots more to do fahrenheit 375 preheat your oven now gather your ingredients i hope that you know how to separate 3 eggs then beat the whites alone till stiff and fluffy my my how they have grown cream 6 ounces butter at room temperature with sugar a cup and a half till light yellow in color and when you are sure then one at a time stalling now for a rhyme beat in three egg yolks for a laugh mix 1 tsp vanilla with 3 tbsp rum and add to the butter mix then the grated peel of a large yellow lemon will add a citric kick in a separate bowl whisk 2 cups of flour with 1 2 tsp baking soda and a 1 4 tsp salt then add in to the butter mix but lower the power beat just till incorporated lest gluten be formulated and a tough crumb will be your fault now fold in those egg whites hopefully they re still stiff use a big rubber spatula as the batter is thick and the bowl may seem heavy but don t be a coward pour the batter into a pan that you ve buttered and floured a 9 13 inch pan is the best size to use and now comes the fun part top it off with the fruit place each little plum half face down on the batter in a 5 by 4 grid so they look straight and nice no need to press hard as it just doesn t matter they ll sink while it s baking one plum to a slice sprinkle 1 4 cup thinly sliced almonds atop the plums then into the oven she goes for a half hour or so 35 minutes tops till a tester comes out clean you know what i mean and the cake lightly browned then stop let your plum cake cool on a rack completely then dust with confectioner s sugar using a sieve be generous with the sugar but please do it neatly and don t make a mess if you do i ll forgive cut into pieces and share with your friends they will all sing your praises and come back for seconds more on italian plum s food52 should you fall for the final stone fruit of summer savoring italy italian plum jam smitten kitchen pays homage to marian burros s quintessential italian plum torte dorie greenspan makes her plum torte spicy using chinese 5 spice ginger and cinnamon 2 comments spelt wheat sourdough boule a message to myself from the past march 5 2025 i found this post in my wordpress draft files written two autumns ago and for reasons that escape me now unpublished though anachronistic its message rings true for me today even as spring beckons with warm winds and a promise of longer days to come thought i d share it closing up the cottage always brings a bittersweet sadness as we say goodbye to the mountain in the midst of glorious autumn colors but that sadness is made better by our dear friends andy and linda who have made coming for cottage closing a new annual tradition their joyful presence helps us to see the autumn beauty and dwell on the present day not the winter to come a hike on the rail trail helped final hike of the season they also stayed to help us clean out and pack up the house linda is the queen of getting a lot of stuff into small spaces and i m telling you she was amazing we got the four of us and all the food and provisions into the car for the ride home with plenty of room to spare my starter has been wallowing in the fridge since we returned unfed for two full weeks but all it took was 24 hours and two feedings and she s a maniac my starter on the left levain on the right i used her to make a levain for a spelt wheat boule inspired by a recipe in tartine no 3 i did not have the exact flours chad robertson uses but i did have some palouse white wheat some wonderful one degree sprouted whole wheat currently my fave flour and exactly 200 grams of spelt from arrowhead mills i adjusted the recipe and ended up with a slightly over proofed left it in the fridge for almost 24 hours but delicious loaf i m not sharing the recipe because it was a makeshift attempt at cleaning out some small amounts of flour and unlikely to ever be replicated again it wasn t my best loaf nor was it a bad loaf it was today s loaf not perfect nothing amazing just delicious fresh and lovely let s make every day that way 2 comments american pipe dream february 28 2025 another missive from poetry workshop american pipe dream blow up your tv throw away your paper go to the country build you a home plant a little garden eat a lot of peaches try and find jesus on your own john prine 1971 as steve bannon tells us they re flooding the zone with shit sowing the seeds of chaos till we can t keep up with it distracting the population with outrageous tweets and lies on continuous rotation like so many gnats and flies demanding our attention in hopes we fail to see the destruction they are sowing in our democracy eventually we ll tire it s too much to comprehend so we go offline turn off the news and pray it soon will end life s too short we say to spend my days in anger and in fear i m exhausted in so many ways i m just gonna leave it here you re right to think you can t go on without a break so take it it s a relay not a marathon together we can make it be sure to come back when you can we need you in this fight we may not have a perfect plan but we know what s wrong from right margaret polaneczky 2 26 25 1 comments has anyone told him february 14 2025 mercator vs true size of countries a little poem i wrote yesterday for my writing group enjoy has anyone told him projection nou n a mental image viewed as realit y the unconscious transfer of one s own desires or emotions to another person the mercator projection the most frequently used 2d map of the world has a slight imperfection when the globe is unfurled land masses near the poles of our sphere are not as large as they appear thus europe russia and north america being at northern latitudes in the mercator seem to be larger than the continent africa which straddles the equator which is why the mercator projection is criticized as being a euro centric convention antarctica and greenland being even closer to earth s ends are the planet s most area distorted masses of land which can be hard to comprehend when you google greenland on your laptop or phone greenland is as massive as it can be larger than the united states and about the same size as the entire continent of africa but would you be surprised or did you already know that on a globe the truest view its area matches that of congo and greenland can fit into america over four times amazing but true there is no globe in the oval office and no maps hang upon its walls and the white house map room is now used as a reception hall so a reasonable assumption might be had that the president who won our recent election just might use google maps on his phone or ipad to view the world in the mercator projection which begs the question has anyone told him 2 comments tbtam digest la edition part 2 august 12 2024 we had a little family vacation in los angeles over a long weekend in early summer in part 1 i told you where we stayed and what we did but of course this being a food blog i know you re wondering and i need to tell you what we ate we re not into fancy restaurants but insist on great food in addition to the restaurants below we hosted a backyard potluck barbecue for my daughter s friends one of whom is a chef so you know the food was delicious we had hamburgers chilled gazpacho salads amazing desserts beer and a signature lime gin mule and of course for breakfasts i made bagels here s where we ate out my 2 this gem serves light delicious healthy soul food in a small casual location in a strip mall on west pico blvd after 10 years in the same location james beard nominated chef alisa reynolds is finally becoming nationally known not just for her take on southern cooking amazing food but for the travel documentary series she hosts on hulu called searching for soul the shrimp and grits enlightened with a lobster broth was the best i ve eaten the oxtail tacos were phenomenal as was the catfish and the red beans with black rice we left feeling satiated but light and knew we had eaten food that was good both for our body and for our soul pizzeria mozza i was determined to eat at a restaurant run by nancy silverton james beard awarded outstanding chef awardee who was at the vanguard of the sourdough artisan bread revolution in the 80 s the only table at a silverton establishment we could get was at pizzeria mozza not infrequently said to be one of the best pizzerias in the country this pizza lover concurs you must try the croque madame pizza they also make a mean calamari served with a light tomato sauce with lemon rind shavings we loved it so much we forgot to take a pic till it was nearly gone gjelina la i should have realized that i d love this place it s owned by the same folks who run gjusta bakery one of my very favorite places to eat in la focusing on locally sourced and vegetable forward cuisine they also do a mean pizza and charcuterie i loved the atmosphere with unfinished plywood walls flowers open windows and a free standing shower in the bathroom the grilled oyster mushrooms w tarragon butter were a main course unto themselves the nettle buccatini cacio e pepe was flawless the grilled broccolini was served in a black garlic vinaigrette and garnished with gomashio a japanese sesame seed salt condiment sorry for messy presentation we had already started serving ourselves before i took the pic the scallops were served in a delicious light broth with fennel that just begged for some bread to soak it up which of course we did gjelina is everything you think of when you think of la food light healthy vegetable forward inventive sanamluang cafe hollywood in a strip mall in the heart of thai town is sanamluang cafe a casual place serving delicious authentic thai food sanamluang has been noted by the latimes to be that rare restaurant that keeps late hours open till 1 45 am without sacrificing quality for convenience we had a delicious curry pad see ew and salad sorry no pics and that s it for our visit to los angeles there are so many sites left to see so much to do i m going to be sure i plan my next visit to coincide with the rose bowl flea market which i think is my favorite place in los angeles but the best part was being together in 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