The Muddy Kitchen

Verbless VVednesdays

December 19, 2012

Scary stock pot.

I stopped watching television right after 9/11 because I kind of got my fill of it that day. Unfortunately, the news sometimes seems to drift in no matter how many times I try and shut the door in its face. This past week’s events left me a little creatively crippled. I was going to do […]

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Verbless VVednesdays

December 12, 2012

Friends.

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12 Must-Have Pantry Staples

December 10, 2012

I’m a glutton for overly-priced temptations at fancy food stores. I can spend hours at Dean & DeLuca contemplating tiny jars of salt from mysterious places. While $12 might be a ridiculous amount to pay for a few tablespoons of salt, it is not too much, in my mind, to pay for the tiny adventure […]

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A Winter’s Meal

December 7, 2012

Both in early summer and early winter, the concept of a recipe goes out the window. I cook what I have, combine it as best I can, and call it dinner. In summer that means a salad made from a handful of radish tops, maybe some baby bits of arugula and some extra pea shoots […]

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Verbless VVednesdays

December 5, 2012

Spring yet?

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Da’ Whole Hog

December 3, 2012

I’m the kind of girl who wakes up on a Tuesday morning, makes a nice piping Gaiwan of Formosa Oolong, checks her email, learns that two coveted spots have opened up for the following Saturday’s Whole Hog Butchery class at the Fatted Calf in Napa and twirls for joy like Julie Andrews on an Austrian […]

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Verbless VVednesday

November 28, 2012

Pissed off dinner.

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Free Beer on Main Street

November 26, 2012

I’d originally thought that only about 17 people lived in my lil’ town of Chatham, New York. That was until I moseyed down Main Street on Saturday morning, turned down the easy-to-miss alley behind Ralph’s Pretty Good Cafe and stood in line with dozens of beer-lovers who’d stomped out of their warm houses on a […]