Summer is fully upon us now, here in the Valley. While across the road, giant technology companies launch ever-more-raveling social products, our backyard garden offers ever-more-tempting earthbound delights. What follows is a summary of my summery day. My apricot tree is dropping fruit faster than I can keep up. Unlike last year, though, this year…
Category: Cooking
Backpacking Dad’s Simple Tomato Pasta
It has been nice and sunny here the last few days. After weeks of rain, the contrast has prematurely convinced me that summer has arrived, and will refuse to relinquish the hold it has taken over my front lawn. Kids were running around in front today, blowing bubbles, eating popsicles, and enjoying a small picnic….
Backpacking Dad’s Balsamic Chicken Recipe, As Stolen from a Cooking Light Magazine So Long Ago He Can’t Even Find It Anymore, But He Believes In Attribution Where Attribution Is Due, So There You Go
I’ve been going through the recipes I compiled when I first began cooking, for just Emily and myself, years and years ago. We had always split cooking duties until 2003, when I took over full-time, and devoted some effort to actually learning how to make some things that didn’t involve macaroni. The first thing I…