Longtime readers will remember my fascination with bread, my fear of yeast, and my many failures. I was writing about them back in 2005, here and here and here and here. After that string of misadventures, I pretty much gave … Continue reading
1/2 cup of mint leaves 1 1/2 cup of cilantro leaves 2 green chiles 1/2 medium onion 1/2 inch piece of ginger 6 garlic clothes salt to taste water Throw it all in a food processor and process to a … Continue reading
The Ithaca Farmer’s Market opens today, and we are not there. I’m more fond of the produce and vendors at the Regional Market, which has the added benefit of being just across town instead of 60 miles away. (Plus, it’s … Continue reading
We’ve been cooking a lot of Indian lately, and so of course we’re reading a fair amount of Indian cooking blogs. Mr. Husband stumbled across The Colors of Indian Cooking, and it’s a delight. Written by an Italian screenwriter in … Continue reading
All that duck confit I made in November and December is one of the most wonderful things you can do with a duck. You can do any number of things with it. Perhaps best of all, it leads the way … Continue reading
I made this recipe from Nigel Slater‘s The Kitchen Diaries just about forever ago and loved the tart, sticky pepperiness of them. The Dinner Companion is not as big a fan of tartness, and so they haven’t been a regular … Continue reading
We’re now at the tail end of citrus season, and there are only a few squash still lingering in the cellar. I’ve spent the past couple of months using up our stores in desserts. We’re fans of pudding around here, … Continue reading
Chile-Roasted Pecans were part of our Christmas giving this year, and I’ve been meaning to file the recipe here ever since. They come together very quickly, and I’m grateful to Bill H-D for posting his recipe for Chile-Roasted Almonds to … Continue reading
I didn’t do a Summer That Was post this year, since I was on research leave and didn’t feel the usually-clear demarcation that comes with the beginning of the fall semester. But the year and the leave are now nearly … Continue reading
I’m not a huge fan of duck by itself, but usually enjoy it as an ingredient in dishes. When Mr. Husband ordered a pound of flageolet beans from Rancho Gordo, we agreed that we were headed for a Cassoulet Experiment … Continue reading
Welcome to Thinkery, est. 2003. At the moment, I'm an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at Syracuse University. I'm interested in new media, historical conceptions of authorship, and human/machine agency. I write about all of that elsewhere, mostly, and keep this space for other areas of investigation about the world: namely, cooking, gardening, and travel.
