This week’s episode includes the following segments: Ever-expanding Skill Set, The Back Porch, The Front Porch, and Gratitude Journal. LISTEN: Ever-expanding Skill Set I’ve felt a bit uninspired using amaranth as an ingredient, and distracted with rhubarb from my mother’s garden.  This week, I took a break front the #bulkbinscal and tried a recipe for […]

This week’s episode contains the following segments: Ever-expanding Skill Set, On the Porch, Yarn Lover at Large, and Double Happiness.          LISTEN: Ever-expanding Skill Set Amaranth has been on the menu this week at Yin Hoo.  I used the grain to make a mushroom dish — kind of like a porridge.  Using […]

This episode contains the following segments: Ever-expanding Skill Set, A Little Bit of Learning, Yarn Lover at Large, and Double Happiness. LISTEN: Ever-expanding Skill Set I’m making a slow start of cooking with amaranth this month.  I read that you can pop it like popcorn.  That’s true and it’s pretty tasty. I coated a small […]

This week’s podcast episode includes the following segments: Off the Shelf, Ever-expanding Skill Set, Yarn Lover at Large, and Double Happiness. LISTEN:   Off the Shelf I’ve been intrigued with this book by Deborah Madison, a cookbook organized by families of the plant kingdom.  The chapters cover vegetables, herbs, spices and grains in surprising ways that […]

This episode includes the following segments: Ever-expanding Skill Set, The Back Porch, The Front Porch, Double Happiness and Gratitude Journal. LISTEN:   Ever-expanding Skill Set My contribution to Easter dinner was a rice pie with a custard-like texture.  I’ve made this dish many times, and I’m always trying to find new ways to amp up the […]

This episode includes the following segments: Ever-expanding Skill Set, The Back Porch, The Front Porch, Gratitude Journal, and Double Happiness.         LISTEN:   Ever-expanding Skill Set There’s a fantastic dish at Spice Market, an Asian-fusion restaurant in NYC’s meatpacking district, or near it.  Actually, it’s a very convenient location for lunch or […]

This episode includes the following segments: The Back Porch, The Front Porch, A Little Bit of Learning, Ever-expanding Skill Set, and Double Happiness. LISTEN:   The Back Porch Complete: Deviate, a shawl design by Lisa Mutch, in the squishiest superwash Merino sock yarn dyed up in Fresh Flannel by Heather of Highland Handmades.  I should […]

This episode includes the following segments: Ever-expanding Skill Set, Double Happiness, and Gratitude Journal.       LISTEN:   Ever-expanding Skill Set I’ve been using my improvisational skills to make this South African inspired meatloaf ever since I learned of the dish ten years ago. Here’s my best attempt at pinning down a recipe. Bobotie […]

This episode includes the following segments: The Back Porch, The Front Porch, and Ever-expanding Skill Set.         LISTEN   The Back Porch This week I completed Round 1 of Sock Madness by finishing my Brucie socks.  This very clever pattern by Amy Rapp was a lot of fun to knit.  Since I […]

This week’s episode includes the following segments: The Front Porch, Ever-expanding Skill Set, A Little Bit of Learning, and Double Happiness.         LISTEN:   The Front Porch I’m still very busy knitting the Brucie sock for the opening round of Sock Madness.  But sometimes I need a break from my US #1 […]