Posts By: Cathy Barrow

A Chip That’s Good For You

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It’s only 6:30am. Dennis has left to ride his bike. He’s planning to ride a century – 100 miles – and the training schedule had him riding 42 miles today. As it’s still about a million degrees outside, with a billion percent humidity, he had to get an early start. The vacation officially began yesterday… Read more »

Every Dog Has His Day, or His Biscuit

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It was going to be a big day of cooking. No two ways about it. It’s down to the wire. Two of our beach guests arrive the day after tomorrow. The other on Thursday. I rolled up my sleeves and started cooking early this morning. First, I threw together a baguette dough. This can rise… Read more »

How a movie got in the way, and a new dinner was invented

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Today started as most Saturday mornings do, with a trip to the small, charming farmers market in the neighborhood. I’ve shopped there every Saturday for years, and have developed a nice relationship with the vendors. I look forward to Betsy’s lambing season, the week Susan has currants and gooseberries (OMG, Amanda Hesser’s Currant/Goosberry tart from… Read more »

Heirloom Beans

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Recently, I started thinking about dried beans. I’ve been cooking black beans and white beans, alternately. I cook an entire pot full, then freeze two thirds (in two packages), as one pound of beans easily makes three meals for us, including lunch leftovers. Black beans inevitably become semi-re-fried with onion and garlic and Penzey’s very… Read more »

Planning for the beach

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For the last month, I’ve been planning our week at the beach. No greasy pizza and over-priced restaurants for us – I cook and plan and prep and freeze to ensure a full week of relaxation for the Cook. I’ll blog during the week away, and hope to photograph our meals to crow about my… Read more »

Catching Up

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I’ve always thought the term “busy as a bee” was just a folksy saying, but I watched a honeybee in the lavender today and I believe it’s true. They are busy creatures and rarely sit on a blossom, lounge around listening to their apian Ipods. And, evidently, neither do I. It’s been weeks since I… Read more »

A Sense of Place

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the green green green of hosta in June Recently, I contacted a woman I had known in both high school and college. I was going to be in her neck-of-the-woods and thought it might be fun to reconnect. Of course, it was fun — it was fabulous! We didn’t even hit the brakes, just fell… Read more »