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Blogtober Feature: Inktober

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I have a lot of Creative friends who are always up to innnnteresting things. I may be one of the stalwarts of the Blogtoberfest movement, but an art-based October staple is still going strong, as seen recently in my Instagram stream. Inktober charges artists and designers of all types to complete 31 ink drawings in 31 … Continue reading Blogtober Feature: Inktober

October Food 2017: The ‘Seriously though, what’s in this’ Edition

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Every year around this time, I enter my altered state by the light of the moon...and start researching for my annual October Food post. As the winds howl outside, you'll find me: traipsing around the internet trying to uncover weird-ass eating trends from all over the world. 2017's quest did not disappoint. Four trends bobbed … Continue reading October Food 2017: The ‘Seriously though, what’s in this’ Edition

SKC Page 4: Avocado Dip

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Next up: Avocado Dip, which is not guacamole, but could play it on tv. We had a friend over for dinner recently, and therefore our first outside-taste-tester in the Small Kitchen Cookbook cook-down. This is also one of the first times in the book  that the reader/home cook is presented with what seems to my … Continue reading SKC Page 4: Avocado Dip

The Small Kitchen Cookbook: Page Eight

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My first foray into The Small Kitchen Cookbook was the super-straightforward Cucumber Dip. Let's break it down. https://www.instagram.com/p/BYHXu3fhpRD/?taken-by=writerjax The cucumber part wasn't hard, because we had a bumper crop in our home garden this year. In fact, other than potatoes and parsley, it was the only bumper crop we had. Did anyone else have this … Continue reading The Small Kitchen Cookbook: Page Eight

Introducing: The Small Kitchen Cookbook, page-by-page

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A whole decade ago, I blogged about visiting the Whatley Antiquarian Book Center and the books I picked up -- among them The Small Kitchen Cookbook by Nina Mortellito (published 1964). Sadly, the Book Center closed it doors in March of this year, after 25 years in business. But a few of the vintage titles … Continue reading Introducing: The Small Kitchen Cookbook, page-by-page