Posts By: Cathy Barrow

Exciting News! I’m Teaching!

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For several years, friends have encouraged me to offer cooking classes. In fact, I’ve even done plenty of impromptu instruction (how to chop an onion/shallot/garlic, rolling out a pie crust, chocolate making, tofu tricks, knife skills) and it’s all been well recieved. Sometime last summer, I started to think more and more about holding classes… Read more »

Eating Other People’s Food

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It’s been a dreadful few days of computer drama. All self-inflicted, actually. Somewhere in my brain, I decided I needed to back up my data, photos, and who knows what else resides on this machine. And from there, into the land of software updates I ventured, only to take down computer, network, and ultimately, my… Read more »

The Real World Intercedes

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I have a post I’ve been crafting for a couple of days. All about my fun trip to New York and all the delicious spot, the silly fun with great friends, and so on. But then, there was an earthquake in Haiti. And all that seemed so, well, inconsequential. In 1972, I was a teenager,… Read more »

More from the $17 Chicken: Pot Pie & Pho

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my favorite pie plate, from artist Miranda Thomas, who also made our dinnerware It’s snowing here. 7am. I’m getting ready to head to NYC to meet good friends for a long weekend. I have a list of 50 restaurants I’d like to visit. I won’t get to all of them, but I’m willing to try…. Read more »

Meeting Invisible Friends

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I’ve been around the interwebs for quite awhile. I met my husband in an AOL Chat Room (I know!) And I met my best friend on AOL, too. This was back in the last century… in fact, it was nearly 20 years ago. In those days, I would attend get-togethers for DC AOL people from… Read more »

Roast Chicken & Old Friends

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”There is nothing like roast chicken,” Laurie Colwin writes in ”More Home Cooking, ”It is helpful and agreeable, the perfect dish no matter what the circumstances. Elegant or homey, a dish for a dinner party or a family supper, it will not let you down.” In case you’re wondering, I’m reading Laurie Colwin. Rereading to… Read more »

Collecting and Reflecting

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2009 White House ornament Because my friends all come over and trim the tree while I cook, taking down the tree and all the decorations is the time for me to reacquaint myself with my favorite ornaments. This set of seven handmade pieces celebrate my gardens, kitchen, and love of shiny objects. I’ve always been… Read more »

New Year’s Eve

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Camellia blossoms cloaked in ice today. They’ll be in bloom by March. Hope springs eternal. Is that you I see over there, 2010? I’ve been looking forward to getting to know you. And 2009, so long, farewell. I’ve cooked a lot of wonderful food, grown some amazing crops and flowers in the garden, read a… Read more »