Look at these glorious bowls!
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Who knew?
Forwarded from a friend of a friend -- a lithograph of a kitty by Anderson Cooper's mother, aka Gloria Vanderbilt!
From her artist's statement:
Often my images are channeled in dreams which find expression in my paintings often in a narrative quality which has
been shuffled around in the kaleidoscope of my imagination to find themselves in colors and patterns that sustain me.
Memory is also a driving influence, memories I absorb and reinvent to changing effect because I have changed but do not
want to let them go. Color too intoxicates, inspires, so does the beauty of a person, who has something I can’t quite catch.
They become muses which I become obsessed to define, reveal something of their mystery.
But most of all my inspiration is appetite for life – Mary Oliver’s poem comes to mind, “Messenger” begins, “My work is loving
the world.” As Amy Hempel has said, it is “a poem of the miraculous in the everyday…‘which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.’ How fascinating it is to find what influences and inspires, what is filtered out and becomes flotsam winding ‘somewhere safe to sea,’ and yet is never lost because it has found life in a story, a painting, a song.”
Poached Eggs in Tomato Sauce
I lifted both the photo and the recipe from my friends Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence's site, the Chubby Vegetarian. Perfect for the duck eggs I've been getting from the winter farmers market, and a quick, filling winter dinner!
Go here for the recipe. I've been substituting tender winter greens for the spinach and a hunk of crusty bread for the polenta. Yum!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
How To Waste (Almost) Nothing In The Kitchen
Reposted from Apartment Therapy.
To paraphrase:
1. Kill the paper towel habit.
2. Shop smart for groceries.
3. Compost!
4. Recycle!
5. Use reusable glass containers for leftovers.
Go here for the details.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Canning Pantry
The pantry on the left is from the blog Scandinavian Retreat. The yellow pantry is mine. I need to reorganize a few things in it -- I'd love to find the room for a microwave, for instance. The bags hold potatoes and other root vegetables. The pantry in this circa-1914 house wasn't nearly as nice when I moved in. The current kitchen was once the back porch (it still has a sloped floor), and was probably walled in during the 1950s. Both the pantry and the laundry room (which is accessible via the original kitchen, now a guest room) were walled in as afterthoughts. Windows were left in, and the kitchen pantry was inaccessible, due to the presence of the hot water heater, which we bumped up to the attic. My friend Doug, who masterminded the renovations, installed the narrow shelves, which I love. Having a clean pantry has definitely contributed to my burgeoning cooking skills!
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