“Beloved.” Not an adjective I’d have used until about a week ago, when I started trying to find another one like it. As even the blurry photo shows, age has cracked the top and dulled th...
https://leslieland.com/2013/03/choosing-a-new-toaster-need-help/
In some ways this is really Part One, because although Bill’s set of instructions for building your own wood burning oven is thorough enough, the inspirational ovens of his childhood got on...
https://leslieland.com/2012/03/building-an-outdoor-bread-oven-part-two/
There’s probably somebody somewhere who refers to them as “microwave ovens,” but I don’t know this person. Instead, I know several persons, all of them very good cooks, many of them with ...
Or one of the best things, anyway. They’re not on paper. Result: not so many dead wild trees; fewer monocrop tree plantations, reduced use of horrendous paper-processing chemicals. To say not...
https://leslieland.com/2010/06/the-best-thing-about-food-blogs/
Excellent for lunch when there is unexpected company. For 4-6 servings: Go down to the upright freezer, where “ready to eat,” items are stored. Extract: the last qt. of Haddock, Corn and Cr...
https://leslieland.com/2010/04/chanterelle-corn-and-haddock-chowder-with-crabmeat-and-cream/
That would be Lafayette, Louisiana, not Lafayette, Indiana. The style would be that of the city’s Junior League, circa1967, and Talk About Good! would be the title of said Junior League’s ...
Easy make-ahead piecrust recipes coming your way shortly… Meanwhile, here’s the (probably unneeded) reminder that house cleaning comes first. Nobody minds hanging out while you cook. It’s...
https://leslieland.com/2009/11/getting-ready-for-thanksgiving/
As we get ready to fire up for Thanksgiving, I’m reminded how lucky I am. Not many cooks have a huge wood-burning outdoor oven, but thanks to my loving ( and very handy) husband we have two, on...
Daffodils are close to the peak, we’re now enjoying daily bouquets. Small bouquets, it must be admitted, because I hate to cut any no matter how many there are, but still it must be time t...
https://leslieland.com/2009/04/another-tool-tale-%E2%80%93-kitchen-division/
Start on the endless spring to-do list. Lawn and garden cleanup, shrub pruning, seed-starting, seed planting… and (among yet other things) * Consider the freezer * Start on the bulb maps * Figu...
https://leslieland.com/2009/03/when-the-crocus-blooms-its-time-to/