This delicious squash pasta recipe has been hibernating in my recipes folder since I invented it on October 1, 2010. I have not made it again since then, not because it isn’t wonderful and delicious, but because I’ve been waiting for three of its ingredients to appear in my kitchen concurrently. Those ingredients are: (1) butternut squash, seasonal; (2) turkey bacon, must drive to the supermarket that sells my preferred brand; and (3) pine nuts, scarce in my pantry because … Continue reading
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I am a big pesto lover. I’ve been trying to make it all summer, but I’ve been having really bad luck with basil. First, I bought a basil plant, but I noticed that it had bugs in it so I had to get rid of it. Then, I kept buying packages of cut basil, but they kept expiring before I could use them. I just bought another (hopefully bug-free) basil plant, so we will see how that goes. But in … Continue reading
If, like me, you get immense pleasure from food, then you do not want to get pine mouth. You especially do not want to get pine mouth if, like me, you’re headed to Paris and your entire to-do list consists of eating. Paninis and macarons and crêpes– Oh my! The night before my flight to Paris, I was half-way through a three-hour-long class on communications law when a craving for chocolate covered pretzels struck. I darted to the cafeteria’s bulk candy … Continue reading