Tag Archives: fall

Chicken with thyme in a wine cream sauce

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Kate

There’s a an old joke that I think of whenever I pick thyme leaves off the little plant that’s survived windowsills, balconies and back to a window sill again, hardy as can be. “You want to hear a joke about … Continue reading →

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Butternut Squash Apple Soup, Thanksgiving Balloons, Romanticism and Transience

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Kate

It’s become an absolute Thanksgiving tradition that the night before the parade Jon and I head to the Natural History Museum to see the giant balloons tethered down under nets, ready and waiting to fly.

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White Cranberry Cosmopolitans – because sometimes a stiff drink can really help

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Kate

As Thanksgiving approaches it’s good to have a cocktail on hand to combat any seasonal stresses. My in-laws are visiting from Scotland this year, and though ordinarily I would not find this stressful, the last parental visit we had coincided … Continue reading →

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Maple Bourbon Cider, and the things people say at parties that kill the room stone dead.

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Kate

You know the set up – a party, lots of chat, lots of noise. And suddenly somebody says something that synchs up with an infinitesimal lull, and a sentence slices through the atmosphere like a hot knife through butter. “Then … Continue reading →

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A Rotarian Halloween and Whole Roasted Pumpkins with Butternut Squash Risotto – This Dinner Will Get You Laid

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Kate

One Halloween when my husband was a kid, he was picked by his school to be in one of those murder mysteries that were the absolute Newest Craze – the kind that you can still buy now in a box … Continue reading →

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Apple Crumble and Elves

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Kate

It started because I bought Jon a set of espresso cups for his birthday, and wondered aloud what we could do with the saucers. Since poor co-ordination so early in the morning had been the downfall of the last cups, … Continue reading →

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Better than Bears – and a comforting, yet totally date-night appropriate Greek Chicken Stew

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Kate

As Fall colors start to paint the country in shades of fire, two friends of our recently returned from a hiking holiday, which they described in glowing terms apart from one small setback:

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Fortune and Manhattans

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Kate

I have become ever so slightly superstitious about the fortune cookies at Grand Sichuan St Marks. You should go there for the soup dumplings and mind blowing – in both senses – Gui Zhou spicy chicken. But you should not … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Cupcakes with Brown Butter Frosting – also, Hipsters – talents thereof.

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Kate

There are many things that hipsters are really good at: wearing glasses in an ironic way, finding great deals on artisanal cheese or vintage Nike Air trainers, understanding the importance of micro brewing, restoring 80s video games, taking poetry slams … Continue reading →

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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Risotto with wild mushroom and oranges

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Kate

Fall colors and romance.  That was the plan.

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