Been sick the last two days, v. annoying, but feeling mostly better now and able to do stuff. Plans for the day: – grind freshly-roasted spices, pack up curry powder, and ship orders (reminder that you can order signed cookbooks and curry powder from my online shop: www.serendibshop.com, and we’re running a Winter Holiday Sale, […]
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Holiday party — I was so busy talking to people that I didn’t take any pictures of my guests during the party, which is a shame! Especially because we had a really nice crowd — about 50-60 people, I think, with a great mix of old friends from college, long-time friends, new friends and colleagues,
Holiday party: • greenery hung, with the help of Gabriella and one of my students and his partner (cedar garlands from the Oak Park Conservatory Winter Greens market make my old Victorian feel very Victorian Christmas somehow) • trifle (this year’s was pear, blackberry, strawberry, with ladyfinger cookies, Bird’s custard, a thin drizzling of ginger
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Eleven seconds of simmering brinjal moju (eggplant pickle).
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Sautéing onions, green chilies, curry leaves, ginger. See, I love you all so much, I let this go without stirring for ten seconds to get this video, risking burnt onion edges. Amma would have scolded me. (Don’t worry, it was fine!)
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Brinjal Moju (eggplant pickle). Usually served as an accompaniment to rice and curries, but I love it as a little appetizer bite on some toasted naan. Savory / sweet / as spicy as you like it. Recipe in Vegan Serendib — it’s one of the 40 new recipes I added for that cookbook.
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Lazy breakfast — about 5 minutes active cooking, 20 minutes in the oven. Dutch baby with berries.
Thanksgiving morning starts slow here, but with a nice moment of wrapping up one of my marshmallow samplers and a copy of A Feast of Serendib; the recipient will be picking it up from my porch to take as a Thanksgiving hosting gift. (I almost wrote ‘hostess’ gift, and then I thought, why should I
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I pretty much exactly followed the one I found here. Came out great – I only regret that I don’t have enough elderberry syrup left from this summer’s berries to make many truffles. Vaguely healthy too – dark chocolate, cashew butter, and elderberries are supposed to be good for warding off winter colds. Shipped some
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I think I must be tired. Kevin got a nice roast that he’s planning to cook, the kids say they only want pumpkin pie (one each, Kavi’s with plenty of whipped cream). I think I’m going to go to Trader Joe’s and see if they have those caramelized onion cheese pastry bites I love, in
I’m actually really excited to skip Thanksgiving this year. Read More »
