A Miscellanea

September 17th, 2009

I have an acquaintance that has a habit of making updates in the form of a list so that he can cover a multitude of topics in a compact space. Taking my cue from his form, this part of the update will be in the form of a list.

The feast menu and notes [...]

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What I did at Medieval Camp

August 12th, 2009

We returned from Pennsic on Sunday sunburnt, exhausted, and happy. An unexpected, and very appreciated, invitation from my mother for swimming and dinner was the perfect decompression into the modern world.
Pennsic did not go entirely as planned for me. I had the distinct honor of making the food for a good friend’s vigil [...]

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preserving our food heritage

July 2nd, 2009

I suffered from what most women of my generation suffer from; we don’t know how to cook because we didn’t learn from our moms. The foods that our great-grandparents, or grandparents, and our parents cooked is not being held onto and those food traditions are slowly vanishing.
Food and culture are hopelessly intertwined and as [...]

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“You’re a breadmaker, you’re a citizen of the world.”

June 29th, 2009

I had the pleasure of taking a breadmaking class from Larry Lagatutta, owner and head baker at Enrico Biscotti in the Strip District. It started with the class participants sitting around a long table sharing a divine breakfast of: roasted vegetables; hard cheeses; spaghetti and meatballs; biscotti; misc. baked goods; beans and greens with [...]

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Post-Modern Friday: Creativity

May 22nd, 2009

This week has been a light cooking week. There’s an art project taking up the time I would normally be cooking. It is cooking-related though; I am decorating a box in the fashion of a fourteenth century reliquary. A reliquary is the container in which a religious relic is kept. The [...]

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Calling Your Muse

December 29th, 2008

I’ve been giving my dear husband a hard time for years because when his muse comes to call it’s usually not just a gentle nudge.  It’s a full-on body slam (we call his muse “Reggie” after the late, great Packers defensive end Reggie White). He ends up composing prolifically for a couple of weeks or a [...]

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