Posts By: Cathy Barrow

All Day Eggplant Parmesian

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Got together with two girlfriends Friday night. We each talked about our lives as we hadn’t gathered in awhile, but when I said “I spent the entire day making eggplant parmesian,” they both laughed like crazy. How could it take an entire day to make eggplant parm? Rather than defend myself at the time (wine… Read more »

A New Grown Up Look

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Welcome to my new blog look. It’s so fresh and clean and so much better looking, don’t you think? Thanks go out to Elizabeth Hardy, designer extraordinaire, the brilliant owner of Design, 291. See her work here. Liz was inspirational. She not only made my site look better, but forced me to ask myself a… Read more »

My Own Can O Rama

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Labor Day weekend was, for me, quite laborious. But worth it. Check out the larder. About a week before, I read about the CanORama going on nationwide. Naturally, I read about it the day after it started. And that was a busy weekend for me – no really, I’m not making excuses. I thought it… Read more »

Life in Transition – and a Recipe

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I haven’t written much about Food52, and now seems like a good time. Because it’s come at an interesting moment in my life. Food52 is a fascinating concept – a website started by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, that will seek out recipes from cooks around the country – some pros and some, like me,… Read more »

The Spirit is Willing

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I’m just bone tired. Laundry has beaten me down. Who can believe so much laundry is created by five adults in nine days. I’ve missed writing about our days at the beach, but did chronicle it in photos. I’ll be back in a couple of days, after I finish the ironing.

Indian Flatbread

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I did warn you that I’m a little crazy when it comes to planning food for our beach week. This is the first year I decided to make an Indian dinner – a new level of crazy as it involved bringing 11 spices to the beach. It was a wonderful dinner and everyone was happy… Read more »

Larb – Horrid name, delicious treat

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I clipped this recipe out of the New York Times sometime in the last few months and thought it would be a tasty appetizer at the beach. And it was! It’s quick and easy. Just serve with cucumber spears and lettuce cups, or if you’re not that fancy, just a few rounds of cucumber and… Read more »

First Dinner, First Breakfast

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Here we are at the beach. With the edges of Hurricane Bill skirting up the East Coast, we enjoyed a spectacular and massive rain last night. Today the ghastly humidity of yesterday is blowing away, replaced with puffy clouds and bright sun and a huge, scary surf (12′-16′ waves expected!) We packed up Janet &… Read more »