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Seltzer?

Posted on February 1, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Hm..

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Pasta fagiolis

Posted on January 31, 02008 by Daily Prandium

My version of my sister, mother, and grammarays’ pasta fagiolis Makes about six servings 1 and one quarter cup tubettini boiled to just before al dente 1 and one quarter cup dry adzuki beans*, soaked in cold water for several … Continue reading →

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Meyerade un hiver

Posted on January 31, 02008 by Daily Prandium

In pursuit of a more perfect prandium I have yet to address using fine white sugar to sweeten this summer in winter treat. There are four varieties of honey in the larder and meyer slices dripping with it have been … Continue reading →

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Viva la Ro

Posted on January 31, 02008 by Daily Prandium

One from the archives.. A fine and rare example of—very likely one of its kind—a cup of café con leche from long live our beloved fallen La Rosita. Happy happy joy joy missus Q Beaucoup buen provechos..

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Late edition

Posted on January 30, 02008 by Daily Prandium

I’m in the kitchen starting to make my pasta fagiolis. I’ll share with you how I’m doing it while I’m doing it. I know it’s late, but I am energy loading for a good day tomorrow and a post-prandial slumber … Continue reading →

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Lima beans

Posted on January 29, 02008 by Daily Prandium

I cannot stop thinking about it. Using lima beans in the cass-olé was somewhat a shot in the dark, for me. I hadn’t eaten them since I was a kid. Yes, I liked lima beans then. Monsieur would make bowls … Continue reading →

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Une grande salade

Posted on January 28, 02008 by Daily Prandium

This grande salade is indeed a very simple salade.. Une salade simple Put a small bunch of field greens and one good size endive, cut into half inch sections, into your favourite bowl. Use a fork and spoon to mix … Continue reading →

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I. Wake up

Posted on January 27, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Stand at the sink and wash dishes from yesterdays prandium.. Stance centered, form engaged, gaze trained forward, eyeballs move around, focusing..

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II. Dreaming again

Posted on January 27, 02008 by Daily Prandium

..Monsieur’s tomatoes sliced into my favourite little omelette. Synaesthesia is a seasonistas savior. Une jeune l’omelette Two eggs beaten but not homogenized with fine chopped fresh fine herbes, pinch of sel, cracked piper, crp, poured into a drop of olio … Continue reading →

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III. Café con leche

Posted on January 27, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Stovetop.. Chopping block.. ..two minutes.. Bon appétit y buenas dias..

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Fancy little stars

Posted on January 26, 02008 by Daily Prandium

There is much to be said for the power of comfort food—but I won’t. The last hundred paws of a brisk and long walk with poodles included a debate to introduce the Cotswold to pastina. I did, then said a … Continue reading →

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Not your Monsieur’s cass-olé

Posted on January 23, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Cass-olé Four skinned legs and thighs des poulets (no antibiotics/hormones..) Two fresh sausages with brocolli rabe cut lengthwise Lima beans soaked overnight in a bowl on the stove One large-ish carrot and two medium turnips well scrubbed and cut lima … Continue reading →

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Cass-olé

Posted on January 21, 02008 by Daily Prandium

All day I played admin to the publisher and maid to the lady of the house. We can finally begin to write, and prepare and cook the week’s prandium, tonight’s cena. KCRW is playing in the big room loudly enough … Continue reading →

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Coming to a prandium on your screen: cass-olé

Posted on January 21, 02008 by Daily Prandium

I soaked the dry lima beans a la Farm Fresh Produce and will begin the week with preparing a cass-olé. Check back later today. I should have it in the oven by then and will share the goodness how to … Continue reading →

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Good night pr’ack

Posted on January 20, 02008 by Daily Prandium

The weather chased me outside today. Somehow I thought it was warmer out there than in here. Oh yeah, icebox kitchen. Several birds with that cold stone. But did I enjoy a Sunday downtown? I didn’t mind freezing with A … Continue reading →

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Dry roast chicken soup redux

Posted on January 19, 02008 by Daily Prandium

It’s been five days since I made the dry roast chicken soup. It’s been keeping in its pot, covered in the oven with the whole grain brown rice in its pot, covered. The window next to the stove is kept … Continue reading →

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SLO tuna omelette

Posted on January 18, 02008 by Daily Prandium

This appears to be a tasty dish. Evidenced by delight of the feeder. The preparer opted to rely on said response. Tuna omelette Entire preparation and cooking times are not more than eleven minutes Feeds one hungry ghost Two brown … Continue reading →

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Sticking to resolution 18

Posted on January 18, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Missed the morning’s yoghurt. Walked right past the fridge and didn’t grab one to go. Didn’t stand at the counter a minute to breathe, eat, relax a moment before heading out. Sore throat persisted tonight. No sleep for it. Thought … Continue reading →

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Avis y Lucia

Posted on January 16, 02008 by Daily Prandium

If you were a fool and didn’t fuel on the peninsula, driving from the north—and got hit with fuel prices in Big Sur, or gunned it the rest of the way—or coming from central coast or inland also gunning it, … Continue reading →

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Huevo

Posted on January 16, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Did you boil some eggs last night Rise at the buzzer and crack one open This will be your snooze bar Tap roll it along the counter in your flattened palm See if you can wedge the shells off in … Continue reading →

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Fairway—Like no other market

Posted on January 15, 02008 by Daily Prandium

Since I’m always mentioning Fairway, figured I’d give you my write up on it. There is no other market like it. The Fairway grocery on 125th street in Harlem is a prandium girl’s dream. The French baguette I bought today … Continue reading →

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Dry roast chicken soup

Posted on January 14, 02008 by Daily Prandium

It’s nice to be back in my kitchen. The kitchens and kitchenettes I had access to in CA were all for want of a French knife, a wooden slant edge spatula, a decent chopping block, or something. But who’s complaining.. … Continue reading →

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48th hour in SF

Posted on December 28, 02007 by Daily Prandium

This is my second morning in SF. One night in a dive motel concluded abruptly yesterday morning when P arrived earlier than expected. So much for the nasty bridge traffic. I love her to bits but a day at the … Continue reading →

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Keeper of the bacala

Posted on December 26, 02007 by Daily Prandium

Disclaimer: This is a quick and dirty post at about four thirty in the morning before taking off for a couple or few weeks.. I drove home last night & stayed up to pack primp and ready for my flight … Continue reading →

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Prandium on a plane

Posted on December 26, 02007 by Daily Prandium

Disclaimer: Same with quick & dirty.. I am going on a plane this morning in a bit to San Francisco. Snacks are not included on the ticket. So I am packed with sufficient prandium for the next day or there … Continue reading →

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They said impossible. Concord grapes in December—indeed.

Posted on December 24, 02007 by Daily Prandium

On rainy Sundays, some Gotham greenmarket farmers do not get out early. I was heartbroken last week when my Concord man was not there. But seams I missed him by just minutes; he was camped out in Jersey watching weather … Continue reading →

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Midnight prandium before tomorrow

Posted on December 24, 02007 by Daily Prandium

Mum and I make our annual pilgrimage to Laura Ann Farms to pick out a grave wreath and visit Nick & Gram. Boom will meat us at the cemetery then we’ll have lunch up the street. I’ll make my annual … Continue reading →

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Prandium be a tortilla tonight

Posted on December 15, 02007 by Daily Prandium

I’m home putting fingers to keys to finish two papers and edits for two essays. These I call my rocks and pebbles. The sack I set out with in early September has compressed my spinal column about three and five … Continue reading →

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No title but worth pr’eading

Posted on November 29, 02007 by Daily Prandium

Tonight has me pr’eeganing* out of my own fridge, and it’s all about Lefties. Today.2’s prandium while I am writing for Irene, streaming KCRW, and writing this here bleurg, Republicans are preening on the television. It’s turned down and at … Continue reading →

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Bleu d’Anjou

Posted on November 20, 02007 by Daily Prandium

A tick of the long hand on the prandium dial—tonight I pr’ined* on Danish bleu and d’Anjou pears—though is a week plus overdue for the treat. A bag of Seckles and Bartletts i’d picked at 114th Greenmarket were never recovered … Continue reading →

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Habichuelas con arroz

Posted on November 17, 02007 by Daily Prandium

Red beans are cooking s l o w l y on the stove top in the kitchen as I type this here gibb. I am snacking on one Hudson Valley Macintosh and slices of five thousand month aged super extra … Continue reading →

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Gringa’s Poulet Sopa viva Italia y Mexico

Posted on November 4, 02007 by Daily Prandium

4 skinless chicken leg/thighs 5 medium & large carrots 7 small to largeish turnips 7 baby bodaydoes (potatoes for those who don’t read me) 5 celery stalks 1 medium yellow onjiun kosher sel, to taste whole and cracked black pepper, … Continue reading →

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