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Of Cabbages and Kings

April 8, 2009 by Ellen Kanner 1 Comment

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of Shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of Cabbages — and kings — And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.” Lewis Carroll — “The Walrus and the Carpenter” We may get to the winged pigs,…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, veggie dish Tagged With: Caribbean Cabbage and Coconut

Guided by Voices

April 6, 2009 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

Joan of Arc heard voices instructing her to save France.  My voices say, Go the shoe store. Bake a cake.  Less noble commands, perhaps, but easier to accomplish and less likely to result in getting burned at the stake. I don’t usually hear let alone obey disembodied voices, but when the call came on Saturday,…

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Filed Under: Cake & Tarts, DESSERT Tagged With: chocolate cake

The Zucchini Song

April 5, 2009 by Ellen Kanner 1 Comment

      Behold this 14-inch zucchini, a gift of nature in my community farm share box.  What to do with a sizable squash? Um, make zucchini bread?

Filed Under: BREAD Tagged With: Zucchini bread

Thai Confetti with Basil and Mint

April 1, 2009 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

We were in the weeds, a kitchen term meaning we’d fallen woefully behind.  All the Common Threads kids had. Their bus was leaving in 10 minutes, they hadn’t finished making the spring roll filling and were closing in on panic.  It was then we sustained our first injury.  Rudy II in my group (there are…

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Filed Under: Grilling, MAIN COURSE, veggie dish Tagged With: Thai Confetti with Basil and Mint

Songs of Innocence and Experience

March 28, 2009 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Michelle Bernstein, James Beard Award-winning chef and foodie darling, moves in the kitchen like the ballet dancer she once was.  This cannot be said of my guys Rudy, Robert, Stefan and Yvan, or indeed any of the kids participating in Common Threads.   A national nonprofit program begun in 2003 by Oprah chef Art Smith,…

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Calla Lilies, Almond Cookies and the Cycle of Life

March 24, 2009 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

All right everyone, your best Katherine Hepburn impersonations, please, as we say together, “The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower, suitable to any occasion.  I carried them on my wedding day and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.”*   The cycle of life and death…

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Filed Under: DESSERT, Pastries

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