tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917310000157936605.post3188346240556189868..comments2023-08-28T09:02:37.280-04:00Comments on gruel for dinner: namastegruelfordinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09677750711311287012noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917310000157936605.post-22846918155539216992011-03-20T10:01:52.463-04:002011-03-20T10:01:52.463-04:00My schadenfreude is delighted that your Argentinia...My schadenfreude is delighted that your Argentinian adventures let you come home for the worst snow of the winter. Nice knife skills on those leeks, too.crankycherylhttp://crankycakes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917310000157936605.post-1678617604447099072011-03-06T23:18:02.123-05:002011-03-06T23:18:02.123-05:00I'm sure, Sidekick, that our shared inability ...I'm sure, Sidekick, that our shared inability is due to genius. Or caffeine. Possibly long to-do lists and overstuffed inboxes. (I hope your weekend was warm with soup and document/email free!)<br /><br />Parsley flakes, of course -- how could I leave those out? The addition of Madeira sounds rather wonderful, though. DED, I see a future for you in food bl*gging. The Down East Dilettante needs a sister site called Picasso and Pie (great article, by the way!).gruelfordinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677750711311287012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917310000157936605.post-8256457216376493592011-03-05T14:57:01.731-05:002011-03-05T14:57:01.731-05:00Coincidentally, I was writing an article for Frida...Coincidentally, I was writing an article for Friday's 'New York Social Diary' about a restaurant that existed in our town back in the 1950's. Out of that venture came a slim little cookbook called 'Picasso and Pie'. Though I'm in the Patricia Wells purist camp when I make leek and potato (or as it shall now be known forever in Blue Hill, Maine, Mr. Potato Head & Leek Soup)I've been re-reading the recipes,familiar from my childhood, and was startled this very morning to find their recipe for Vichyssoise, involving in addition to Leeks and Potatoes, celery, parsley (or, since the book was published in '65, parsley flakes), Madeira, and Worcestershire sauce!<br /><br />Your Argentinian posts were heaven in this most awful winter.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917310000157936605.post-81638839294508102892011-03-04T09:23:55.259-05:002011-03-04T09:23:55.259-05:00So glad to hear that you share my inability to emp...So glad to hear that you share my inability to empty my overactive mind -- and now you have filled mine with thoughts of delicious soup when I should be buckling down to the pile of document drafts needing review on my desk and the 80(!) unread emails in my office inbox. <br />But at least I know what we're having for dinner now. Maybe DED will come over and entertain us with his latest jury duty tales.The Sidekicknoreply@blogger.com