StephanieL
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If you're ever in SF, Comstock Saloon will do that for you.
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First female Black America's Test Kitchen presenter. She'd been battling ovarian cancer for a long time.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/07/chef-food-stylist-elle-simone-scott-dies
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The Crux Cocktail: equal parts brandy, triple sec, Dubonnet Rouge (didn't have--I used Cinzano Rosso), and lemon juice, shaken over ice and strained into a chilled cocktail glass.
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Leave it to Laszlo to provide a bit of sanity.
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15 hours ago, Wilfrid said:
How dare they have lives? Seeing my general physician Wednesday.
All my parents' doctors seem to be retiring. The nerve.
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Our local paper's Sunday food section had a story on seasonal dark beers that include a couple of recipes, one of which was for roasted pork loin and vegetables that used dunkel in the cooking liquid. I asked N to make it since Sunday was another dreary day. While the recipe could use a few tweaks (e.g., using pearl onions instead of quartered yellow onions in the veggie mix), overall it's really good, with a flavorful rub that incorporates spicy German mustard. N experimented with sourdough spatzle, but that came out a little gummy.
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Wet wet and more wet. Getting a bit monotonous.
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For my most recent birthday, my father gave me a gift card to La Fromagerie, a cheese & sandwich shop with 3 branches in SF. We happened to be near the Marina store, so I bought a dry Norman cider (small bottle) and the following French cheeses, which we sampled this afternoon along with an American-made Fontina with Herbes de Provence:
- Camembert Fermier: absolutely in top form. While it's made with pasteurized rather than raw milk, it still has the gorgeous mushroom taste and beautiful rind. I'd suspected it was the cause of the funky smell in the cooler bag (and the car, and the refrigerator), but I think the culprit was...
- Délice des Deux-Sèvres, a small, ash-coated goat cheese. Very creamy pate. N remarked that it appears I like aged goat cheeses better than fresh ones, and she's probably right.
- Beaufort Alpages: a really nice Alpine raw-milk cheese, firm but not in the crumbly state. $47.99/lb, though.
- Bleu d'Auvergne: a cheese made for port, this is a brawny, powerhouse blue, possibly a bit too intense. Another raw-milk cheese. We'll probably have the rest with one of our new muscadine jellies.
I have enough on the card to get one of their sandwiches and possibly a pastry for a lunch someday--they're a short bus ride from my office.
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On my urging, N has revived her sourdough starter. She's made one loaf so far, which came out a little gummy but otherwise tasted good. So far, the discard has gone into English muffins and possibly the best gingerbread I've ever had.
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On HBO Max, Happy and You Know It, about people who make children's music for a living, including Beyonce's former bass player and the guy who was the lead singer & guitarist for The Presidents of the United States of America.
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We were gifted a jar of muscadine jelly and a jar of (probably homemade) scuppernong jelly. I've never had anything made with scuppernongs, so this will be a real treat.
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Going to make the Extremadura BEP from the latest Rancho Gordo newsletter, without chorizo. We have tree kale growing in the garden that we can use for the greens.
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A few days ago, N used up some of the sourdough discard to make steamed dumplings, and "clootie" immediately popped into my mind.
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The last of the Christmas chicken is going to be turned into a pie, along with ham, leeks, and mushrooms (no cream sauce).
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At 91. Too bad she spouted some really bigoted nonsense in her later years.
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7 hours ago, MitchW said:
Made a nice batch of meatballs - these actually went under the broiler for 6 or 7 minutes a side, before adding them to a pot of sauce.
They're pretty big, so one meatball with sauce, over penne. A fair sprinkle of Parmigiano.
Just out of curiosity: why short pasta vs long pasta?
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On 12/26/2025 at 2:53 PM, MitchW said:
Santa Barbara county’s reservoirs are nice and full now. Even Cachuma.
SB has gotten nearly a season's worth of rain this month.
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On Christmas Day, my friends who live in Truckee came back from a NYC visit to about 2-3 feet of snow.
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Lots of rain here. Fortunately, other than some downed trees about a mile from me, no damage so far in my immediate area and we haven't lost power yet. OTOH, a friend who lives between Half Moon Bay and Pacifica is on Day 3 without power. She has a generator, but its propane levels are low. ETA for her power restoration is 11 PM tonight.
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From The Bean Book, Bacalao a la Veracruz--salt cod, white beans, roasted peppers, green olives, tomatoes, and capers. The recipe calls for Alubia Blancas or something similar, but the only white beans we currently have are the RG Cassoulet and they worked just fine.
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On 12/21/2025 at 5:10 PM, small h said:
Send recipe. Have starter.
Here you go: https://amybakesbread.com/easy-sourdough-discard-english-muffins-no-mixer/
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Homemade English muffins. N has revived her sourdough starter.
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The Afghani chickpea-yogurt stew from a recent NY Times Magazine column. I used both the regular RG chickpeas and the black garbanzos. As much as I like being authentic, I probably should have left the serrano chile out.
What are you watching?
in On screen
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One Battle After Another. Hoo boy was that intense. I'm glad I saw it at home so that I could take pause breaks.
I was going to see Marty Supreme in the theater, but I think I'm going to need the same kind of breaks.