Tag Archives: recipes

Red beans, greens, and sushi rice for Bushra

Posted on March 9, 02014 by Fremont

A young woman from Libya living in UK with her family, attending university there where she’s in her final year, sent me a message earlier tonight via Twitter. I had posted a pic of my #LentilFast2014 beans, greens, and sushi … Continue reading →

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Spring harvest backyard farmer breakfast

Posted on April 1, 02012 by Fremont

Chopping, measuring, shredding, mixing and all the prepping for Soldier’s birthday dinner this evening will begin a little later this morning. While we were walking about outdoors enjoying the thawing frost talking about the coop and where the birthday gifted … Continue reading →

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Buttercup that I dream of . . .

Posted on February 2, 02011 by Fremont

The wife of an old friend from the homestead we harked from many many moons ago made a delicious sounding (reading?) soup. Buttercup Squash. Not butternut. Her mother-in-law planted the buttercup variety last summer on something of a whim and … Continue reading →

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Sequestered manicotti

Posted on January 14, 02011 by Fremont

<<or>> Sequestered manicotti making with a Nice Cup A Tea With the arrival of a boxed set of Laura Ingalls-Wilder’s *Little House* series I return to the sequestered life in my rooms overlooking the Hudson reading and writing. As I’ve … Continue reading →

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III – Chicken chronicles

Posted on July 15, 02009 by Fremont

My first chicken dinner (This post is a contribution by the farmer man who raised the chickens I’ve been writing and talking about for the past several weeks. He was kind enough to let me post what he wrote, about … Continue reading →

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II – Chicken chronicles

Posted on July 15, 02009 by Fremont

Bastille day poulets Pictures are still pending It was a fine and beauteous day in the ‘burgh for Bastille Day. Sunny and not too hot, with a fine breeze blowing through seated at Monsieur’s picnic table while admiring the lushness … Continue reading →

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I – Chicken chronicles

Posted on July 5, 02009 by Fremont

Tortilla deux hommes Pictures pending Brunch the morning after a long afternoon processing chickens — which I’m tapping about and will post here, pics and all — was not without its chicken product — the egg, several of them. Killing … Continue reading →

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A History Lesson in a Pipkin

Posted on July 1, 02009 by Fremont

(I was unable to attend this event. Erin presented a paper she wrote and was kind enough to procure the rabbit recipe and write about it for DP. –JJF) Written by Erin Laverty “Take a pipkin…” the recipe begins. “Hmm,” … Continue reading →

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Sixteen noodles made a lasagna

Posted on April 12, 02009 by Fremont

Mumma wasn’t feeling well. Last night, she didn’t make it out to dinner with sister, Monsieur and me. She stayed home and rested and missed out on a lot of yuck yucks. She was still feeling icky this morning, so, … Continue reading →

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Meatballs in the kitchen with Mumma, and G(r)amma-ray, Nanny & Catherine &.. .. ..

Posted on April 11, 02009 by Fremont

I’m at Mumma’s at her place way Upstate on Lake Cayuga for the Easter weekend. We do not celebrate it for the religious but for the family of it. Though nowadays, we make up tradition, change, adjust and readjust it … Continue reading →

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In Algiers

Posted on January 18, 02009 by Fremont

DISCLAIMER & WARNING: If you are a rabid animal-rights-type vegetarian and/or don’t have a stomach for some less delicate events in life, please do not read this. . . I started using Twitter recently. I’ve been using Facebook since last … Continue reading →

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Not one prune for you

Posted on October 27, 02008 by Fremont

Q was planning to eat one prune for dinner tonight. My plan was to starve through an afternoon of interviews in Harlem and then capture the video to an external drive on campus in the evening. As usual, the technical … Continue reading →

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Chick roastin’ roast chicken

Posted on September 22, 02008 by Fremont

Today’s headline brought to you by the letter Q. It is the first day of autumn today, and I’m ready for it. After driving back from Mum’s in the Finger Lakes, I went straight to my dearest Fairway for provisions … Continue reading →

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One good meal lakeside

Posted on September 20, 02008 by Fremont

The red night sailors delight was a bit misleading. The next day turned out to be grey, not rainy; the heavy atmosphere slowed everyone down.. Or were we still digesting from the moules and clams in the tastiest homemade moules … Continue reading →

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Adding value to a pb sammich

Posted on August 26, 02008 by Fremont

I gleaned this from a friend who did not tell me explicitly that what he was saying was off the record. So, I should be safe from any copyright infringement or privacy violation for tapping this here. Though I did … Continue reading →

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My sin, my soul: ri-cot-ta

Posted on May 23, 02008 by Fremont

I pledge here and now to eat as much fresh ricotta this summer as my digestive system and sinuses can tolerate. Maybe it was all the years to wean off smoking and to develop sub-threshold taste detection for sugar and … Continue reading →

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Back to work

Posted on May 21, 02008 by Fremont

Returning from days breaking from Gotham, I landed here to a beyond full time work mode. Not since the heyday of Internet bubbles have I worked as much as the next few months will demand of me. Seventy to eighty … Continue reading →

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Picturing pesto ricotta omelette

Posted on May 11, 02008 by Fremont

Here are pictures from the study-aid omelette I made the other day. I confess. The past few omelette’s I’ve made stuck to the pan. The key really is to lower the flame once the beaten eggs are poured in. Slow … Continue reading →

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Locked in the tower, again

Posted on May 8, 02008 by Fremont

Today begins my customary semester-end sequestration. With the exception of happy hour drinks tomorrow to celebrate with folks from the program who are graduating, I’m back in lock down mode. It will last through Monday night when final edits are … Continue reading →

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Working for my daily prandium

Posted on May 7, 02008 by Fremont

Last week I started working at a restaurant, a small hip Italian bistro in the West Village. I’m not telling you which place. If you’re in my grad program, then you know where. Otherwise, tant pis. As part of the … Continue reading →

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Feliz palomitas

Posted on May 5, 02008 by Fremont

Despite an unrelenting craving for spicy, fat California burritos, I opted to stay in for Cinco de Mayo this year. Instead, I made some huevos and palomitas. Fairway is selling paloma dorada and paloma blanca by India Tree. These bags … Continue reading →

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Prandium this week

Posted on May 4, 02008 by Fremont

Since last posting Prandium this week, I’ve enjoyed quite a few restaurant cena. The other night, one of the Restaurant girls introduced me to black truffle-infused honey at Otto. On bread with fresh ricotta, I have fallen for my new … Continue reading →

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Daily Prandium—May edition

Posted on May 1, 02008 by Fremont

Welcome to the May edition of Daily Prandium. I hope you enjoyed last month’s as much as I enjoyed eating, foraging, and tapping it all. As usual, there are plenty of goodies to tap about upcoming. May will see new … Continue reading →

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Fruitarian in Siberian spring

Posted on April 23, 02008 by Fremont

02007 vintage cold storage apples have seen their days. Please don’t make me eat another one, with their puckering skins and flesh turned to meal. A monsu from the last bunch I bought at the Morningside greenmarket’s been sitting on … Continue reading →

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A fiddlehead fancy

Posted on April 21, 02008 by Fremont

On a warm, variably sunny and cloudy Sunday afternoon in April, along a swampy riverbank somewhere upstate, a girl and her two poodles, a Slow Foodist from Munich, a wacky naturalist foraging guide, and a bunch of amature foragers went … Continue reading →

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A weekday afternoon in springtime omelette

Posted on April 17, 02008 by Fremont

The weather has been so fine. Two poodles have been hiking me up to the park and making me practice throwing the ball until my shoulder aches. No worries. I can handle all sorts of aches. The walks, the sun, … Continue reading →

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Trois poulets pour deux poodles

Posted on April 14, 02008 by Fremont

Poodle penicillin Serves two poodles with belly aches Roast poulet breast, chopped One egg scrambled and chopped Chicken bouillon Dry biali chopped, leaving off any parts with onion Divide ingredients about evenly into two small bowls, then mix with a … Continue reading →

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Fiddlehead fest 02008

Posted on April 4, 02008 by Fremont

It must be spring. The fiddleheads are back. The first batch of fiddlehead, aka ostrich, ferns of the season arrived at Fairway on Wednesday—4:30 on the nose—the produce manager told me when I called to inquire. The first shipment came … Continue reading →

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Daily Prandium—April edition

Posted on April 1, 02008 by Fremont

Welcome to the April edition of Daily Prandium. I hope you’re enjoying reading as much as I am growing and evolving with it every day. This month’s editorial calendar is booking up and will include amuse bouches, more of my … Continue reading →

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Prandium this week

Posted on March 28, 02008 by Fremont

I’ve heard of a woman who maintains an online diary of what she eats every day. When Daily Prandium was created, I thought about doing this. But firstly, it’s hardly original. Then, it would likely be boring and redundant, though … Continue reading →

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Sakura!

Posted on March 26, 02008 by Fremont

During spring, in late March and early April, sakura festivals take place all around Japan. I love Japanese food and culture. I’ve been chanting ‘Sakura!’ and free associating sakura poems and songs all afternoon. A dear girlfriend in Japan teases … Continue reading →

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An Easter omelette

Posted on March 23, 02008 by Fremont

After nearly a week of motoring to, from and around Vermont, it’s been a treat to spend the weekend with the dogs. I’ve enjoyed a relaxing and productive time of it. Since today’s a holiday, I’ve consolidated the traditional foods … Continue reading →

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Health and prandium

Posted on March 22, 02008 by Fremont

As you’ve likely heard in the news, oatmeal helps lower cholesterol. The interesting thing about oatmeal lowering cholesterol is the fact that the effect is transitory. If you stop eating it, your cholesterol level will increase again. Of course the … Continue reading →

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