Category Archives: Recipes

Trending, in or out? Porcupine meatballs

Posted on September 26, 2020 by warmkn

ABBA, Dancing Queen http://www.youtube.com/embed/xFrGuyw1V8s In 1989, the Sweetie and I bought my Aunt Normie’s house on Vashon. The house sat back from the road on a high-bank waterfront with a view of Quartermaster Harbor, the Yacht Club, and Mt. Rainier. … Continue reading →

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September: Plum Streusel Tart, Plum Chutney

Posted on September 12, 2020 by warmkn

September of My Years, Frank Sinatra “One day you turn around and it’s summer. Next day you turn around and it’s fall. And all the winters and the springs of a lifetime, whatever happened to them all?” September’s slight melancholy inspires … Continue reading →

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Glorious gardens: Sautéed greens

Posted on August 1, 2020 by warmkn

When I was a kid, my summer backyard always included a vegetable garden. Daddy did the up-front work: the hoeing, planting, weeding, and harvesting; Muth dealt with the results: the washing, cooking, and canning. Not much was expected of us … Continue reading →

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Rent Control?: Sound Food clam chowder

Posted on July 4, 2020 by warmkn

When I moved to Vashon in 1971, Ginny found me a waterfront cabin on Klahanie Beach that rented for $75 a month. Granted, getting there required hiking down a steep, quarter-mile path from the road—pitch dark at night and treacherous … Continue reading →

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Green: Chile verde with white beans

Posted on June 27, 2020 by warmkn

  In 1982, when the Sweetie and I moved from rainy-day Vashon to semi-arid Los Angeles, we were amazed by the abundance of green, manicured lawns in front yards and the popularity of full, azure-blue swimming pools in back yards. … Continue reading →

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Cooking as comfort: Ribollita

Posted on June 7, 2020 by warmkn

I wasn’t sure whether or not to write a post this week but silence didn’t feel right. I don’t have words that might inspire or illuminate, but I do want to acknowledge the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, … Continue reading →

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Hard Work: Vinegar chicken, Pot roast

Posted on May 23, 2020 by warmkn

John Handy, Hard Work I made pizza for dinner the other night. There was pizza fallout from one end of the kitchen to the other—flour, semolina, caramelized onion/mushroom, pepperoni slices, tomato sauce, shreds of cheese, a floured rolling pin, parchment … Continue reading →

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Food fight: Waffles

Posted on May 16, 2020 by warmkn

These days, everyone is cooking—not so much for the sheer joy of it, but because, other than take-out, they are the chosen feeder of the family. Wish I had what it takes to bake bread. I had a grilled cheese … Continue reading →

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Paths to Fitness: Peanut butter cookies

Posted on May 9, 2020 by warmkn

If we’re lucky, the loss of an old favorite leads to a new delight. Take tubs of Marantha crunchy peanut butter at Costco, for example. First we assumed they had moved it again, then we desperately searched, then we asked—only … Continue reading →

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What day is it?: Smokey Chicken and Green Onion Quesadillas

Posted on May 2, 2020 by warmkn

Chicago, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? I was hanging out the sheets the other day when I realized that it wasn’t Saturday, I was a day early. Before the lockdown, I knew it was Saturday because I … Continue reading →

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