Monthly Archives: October 2014

Successful Careless Cooking

Posted on October 29, 2014 by cookinginsens

Some days I just don’t feel like cooking. Can’t be bothered. Could care less. Today was one of those days. It’s raining, there are still unopened boxes in the garage and everywhere, there is nothing truly exciting in my freezer … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged casserole, chili mac, cooking, food, food photography, ground meat, one-dish, pasta, recipe | 34 Comments

Smelt

Posted on October 28, 2014 by cookinginsens

Whenever I see tiny fish like whitebait or sardines, I think of the fresh smelt my father used to fry. I don’t know where he bought them but there was a season and he would come home with large sacks … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Appetizer, Cooking, fish, Food and Wine, Recipes | Tagged chillies, cooking, deep fried, Fish, food, food photography, herbs, recipe, smelt | 21 Comments

Cordero’s – Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Posted on October 26, 2014 by cookinginsens

Home-style, according to the dictionary, means “such as would be made at home; simple and unpretentious”. When I think of home-style I think of good food, served with warmth and caring, food served up in the style of my mother, … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine | Tagged breakfast, Cordero's, diner, food, food photography, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, restaurant | 13 Comments

Red Pears

Posted on October 24, 2014 by cookinginsens

Haiti was my first experience living overseas. We didn’t live in the capitol city of Port au Prince, but in the southern town of Les Cayes, about 12-13 hours over unpaved roads, about 190 km (118 miles). But we were young … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged casserole, cooking, food, food photography, pears, recipes, smoked pork chops, spaghetti squash | 25 Comments

Masala

Posted on October 22, 2014 by cookinginsens

Wakeful in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, I mentally reviewed some of the great produce I bought at the Scranton Farmers’ Market, thinking of Indian masala. I still had some Tuscan kale and pretty, little red potatoes that remind me of apples when they are sliced. … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Indian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged cooking, curry, food, food photography, gizzards, Indian, masala, recipe, stew | 29 Comments

The Regular Farmers’ Market

Posted on October 19, 2014 by cookinginsens

` The regular farmers’ market is in Scranton, a pleasant drive, about 25-30 minutes from Honesdale. It’s big and the vegetables plentiful, varied and pretty. They have, wait for it, fresh borlotti beans! They call them cranberry beans and they seem … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, German, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged beans, borlotti, cooking, food, food photography, kale, pork, recipe, roast, turnips, tuscan | 25 Comments

Muffuletta in Honesdale

Posted on October 17, 2014 by cookinginsens

This was probably the best loaf of muffuletta bread I’ve made. I don’t know how it happened. Perhaps it was my disregard of rising times because I was too busy wandering around town and the Dyberry Cemetery behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Recipes, Sandwich | Tagged charcuterie, cooking, food, food photography, muffuletta, New Orleans, olive salad, recipes, sandwich | 13 Comments

Big Yellow Taxi Syndrome

Posted on October 16, 2014 by cookinginsens

“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone?” I bought a frozen rabbit a while back, nostalgic for France. It was so expensive! And I thought quite small. When I thawed … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, Soup | Tagged canning, cooking, food, food photography, garlic bread, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, rabbit, recipe, soup, stew | 16 Comments

In Case of Famine

Posted on October 14, 2014 by cookinginsens

I always worry about not being able to find or not having enough of some cooking ingredient, spice or whatever. Probably because I spent a lot of time in countries where this always happened. So that’s why. Olive Salad

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Recipes, Salad | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, olive, recipe, salad | 10 Comments

Oxtails with Gravy

Posted on October 13, 2014 by cookinginsens

Yesterday at the Super Duper Market, I saw an enormous, tomato juice sized can of “turkey gravy” made by the Campbell’s soup company. Well! I called my husband over and pointed out this travesty of cuisine and all he said … Continue reading →