Recipes by Home Skillet
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A Trio of Butters for King Crab LegsAs we drove through the Anza-Borrego desert, we were greeted by mountains jutting up from the earth.These weren't the mountains I was used to seeing, blanketed in green and (sometimes) white from trees and snow.These were bare, barren, exposed - its rocky innards just laying there in plain sight. It was as though the earth had used… |
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Flatbreads with Avocado, Seasoned Red Onions, Cotija Cream Cheese Spread, and StrawberriesThis is a snack to be eaten in one of two ways -1) All proudly assembled2) Served as components, with all the pieces to be put together on the spot, simultaneously building and eating then rebuilding your afternoon snackThe first has some merits. But… |
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Salty Toasty Umami PopcornI find myself refraining from looking at objects too closely. I suppose this is not a new development. Just one that I recently noticed. I resist inspection, as that could lead to seeing too much. Perhaps this stems from fear, as if one doesn't see it, one can pretend it never happened or doesn't exist. Or perhaps to retain the… |
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A Rice Pudding, with Tangelo, Hibiscus, and Red RiceLists are such a handy tool for organizing thoughts and grouping together like sets of items. For instance, pride. Or more specifically, things that I have either done or not done in the past few weeks and afterwards felt some pride. I'm feeling a bit pleased with myself, as this list isn't short.Jenn's list of things that she has… |
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Blueberry Pomegranate Yogurt with Sage Butter and AlmondsEvery once in a great while, lines, shapes, forms and expanses all come together in such a way that one can actually feel the roundness, the spherical nature of the Earth. This fact, which exists in the realm of abstraction, is accumulated as knowledge, to be carried along like eggs in a basket as one travels along.There are times,… |
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Pizza Sauce with AnchoviesFog often rolls in, sweetly and meekly undulating before finally settling in to blanket the sky.Seldom, but not never, the fog sheds its docility and becomes an aggressor. Overtaking the skies rapidly and fiercely. Rather than creeping up on you and catching you unaware, you cannot help but notice its intrusion.This aggressiveness is… |
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Beef and Orange DumplingsMy faith in humanity is often challenged. Occasionally to the point of being nonexistent. From the lack of action on climate change to the lack of a truly universal health care system, I find myself in despair.These spirals of despair, however, are punctuated with little bursts of light that shine on the goodness in this world. One… |
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Spice Mix with Sesame and ThymeSome days start too early. And generally as a result of strange noises. The blare of foghorns punctuating the stillness of the night. Loud metallic sounds clanging on asphalt. The ambient noises of people chatting, car doors opening and shutting, and engines starting or stopping. Nugget boys lugging their owl suitcase into mom and… |
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Baked Eggs with Cream, Rosemary and OrangeExpectations are constantly being challenged and upended, and in the process, becoming the unexpected.Like when your child asks for a book about black holes. One's expectation is not that the child follows up repeatedly with a recommendation that the puff cat JiJi needs to have the book read to her as well.Or take Christmas morning.… |
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Super Simple Orange Honey PopsiclesOver the past few weeks, Max has put in the following food requests:1) Magic School Bus Bread2) Aurora Borealis Cookies3) PopsiclesThe first two requests elicited similar responses from me.a) Panic. Upon which I would say no, I can't do that.b) Guilt. Upon which I would say yes, yes I can do this.I can make Magic School Bus Bread if… |
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