The other day my cousin asked me if I had a food blog. Of course I did! Then I realized that I hadn't updated it since I got back from Italy...almost TWO YEARS ago. Oops. What can I say? Life as a grad student doesn't leave a whole lot of spare time for blogging, unfortunately.
By way of excuse, let me tell you what exactly has kept me so busy:
- PhD qualifying examinations (I passed! yay!) and dissertation prospectus
- performing in a music ensemble
- the usual assortment of coursework and teaching, going to conferences, serving on committees, and other delights of academic life
- a couple of part-time jobs
- a summer internship with a Shakespeare festival
- a social life (no, really!)
But I have managed to find time to cook on occasion, despite all this, and sometimes I even manage to remember to take pictures. Here are some of the greatest hits from 2010-11:
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| French-style fruit tart (vanilla pastry cream, topped with strawberries, plums, raspberries and apricot glaze) |
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| apple tart -- from apples grown in my backyard! |
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| Trifle (at Christmastime). I think it may have involved sour cherries and almonds. |
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| Cassoulet, with homemade sausage and duck confit. |
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| Fried chicken; carrot and cabbage slaw (mustardseeds and lime juice). |
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| Homemade pumpkin ravioli with brown butter and sage. Not as ethereal as what I ate in Mantova, but still pretty good! |
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| Involtini of zucchini and eggplant, filled with herbed ricotta cheese, baked in tomato sauce. |
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| Braised baby artichokes. (Some of the best artichokes in the world are grown a few miles from where I live...lucky me!) |
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| Pumpkin and carrot soup with fresh corn, chives and creme fraiche. |
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| Seafood pasta. |
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