Tag: cooking
member name: Dorine H.
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August 10, 2007 08:10 PM EDT --
Have it Your Way
(c) Dorine Houston 2007
The fast food commercial urges us to “have it your way”. Choosing what we want, what we think is right for ourselves, is an important part of . . .
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December 11, 2007 03:14 AM EST --
© Dorine Houston 2007, all rightsreserved
One Saturday evening every month is movie night at church; we have a DVD to enjoy together on a large screen preceded . . .
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May 20, 2008 09:30 PM EDT --
Great Casseroles and Canned Cream Soup
(c) Dorine Houston 2008, all rights reserved
Night after night, American families sit down to dine on a calorie, sodium, carb and chemical bomb but . . .
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June 05, 2006 01:54 AM EDT --
White Village, Summer Days and Gazpacho
(c) Dorine Houston, 2006
Sun presses down on this white village in southern Spain's Andalucia region. Ice clatters gently in simple glass Arcoroc . . .
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July 16, 2006 04:02 AM EDT --
Sun presses down on this white village in southern Spain's Andalucia region. Ice clatters gently in the simple clear glass Arcoroc rimmed soup plates ubiquitous in Spanish working class homes. . . .
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December 06, 2007 02:33 AM EST --
Hearty Bean, Beef and AleSoup
Thefirst snow of the season is falling. Big, fat fluffy flakes more typicalof later in the season have been drifting prettily down for the past 18 . . .
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July 12, 2008 09:18 PM EDT --
Oh, Yes, Yogurt Cultures Rule! No Fancy Kits Needed!
(c) Dorine Houston 2008, all rights reserved
Hot Saturday afternoon. A good book out on the deck. You're . . .
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November 24, 2008 06:21 PM EST --
Dorine's Almost Edible Sodium-Free Fried Chicken
(c) Dorine S. Houston 2008, all rights reserved
A week in the hospital eating its low sodium diet is certainly no way to get introduced . . .
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November 29, 2008 09:20 PM EST --
A Kiss without a Moustache, an Egg without Salt
(c) Dorine Houston 2008, all rights reserved
A kiss without a moustache is like an egg without salt, they say in Spain. One is as bland . . .
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February 03, 2007 01:02 AM EST --
Dinner for a Dank Winter Day: Lemon Lentil Soup
(c) Dorine Houston 2007
Punxsutawney Phil seems to have good news in Pennsylvania: There will be an early spring. It does not change . . .
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July 04, 2007 11:05 PM EDT --
Fettuccine Dorine
(c) Dorine S. Houston, 2007
“What do you suggest?” I asked Josyane when she and her brother told me to get anything I wanted for dessert. Josyane and I had . . .
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May 14, 2006 03:26 AM EDT --
Some 15 years ago, while attending the TESOL international convention in New York City, I joined a group of colleagues for an evening at an Afghan restaurant in Greenwich Village. Groups were visiting . . .
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May 15, 2006 12:15 AM EDT --
Grana Padana Canapés
A craving for the intense taste of Italian hard cheese resulted in this little tapa. Goes down beautifully with a glass of Chianti.
2 oz. unsalted butter, softened to . . .
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May 15, 2006 02:40 AM EDT --
<span style="">There are some myths about buttermilk, at least in the US, that keep people from enjoying it. The most influential one is that it is fattening because it is milk . . .
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May 31, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
Spanish Bread Pudding
(c) Dorine Houston 2008, all rights reserved
"A mi me gusta el pim piri pim pim pim de la bota …"
"Cuando la tuna te de serenata, . . .
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June 01, 2008 05:46 PM EDT --
Salmon Tart chez Dorine
(c) Dorine Houston 2008, all rights reserved
Fear of short crust pastry--simple pie crust--must come from a myth that is unfortunately popular, a myth that says . . .
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July 12, 2008 07:01 PM EDT --
Fresh Chickpeas
(c) Dorine Houston 2008, all rights reserved
A new discovery about an old friend is delightful! Chickpeas are an old friend; I talked about . . .
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May 22, 2006 08:16 PM EDT --
Asparagus and Egg Gazpacho
Asparagus is in season! Joy! I have recently seen a lot of recipes for asparagus that gild the lily, or overwhelm it. I prefer it kept simple so as not to . . .
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January 05, 2008 02:11 AM EST --
(c) Dorine Houston 2008, all rights reserved
Malaga, Spain may have been the place, but the fragrance was pure Morocco, a seductive lure into the kitchen where steam puffed out from . . .
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June 02, 2008 12:50 AM EDT --
Salade Verte Chaude chez Dorine
© Dorine Houston 2008
All rights reserved.
A couple of weeks ago I was looking at the assortment of vegetables in my refrigerator and feeling a . . .
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