Category Archives: Food

Peanut Boll

By Erin | Published: September 21, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, we drove to Bladen County to spend the day at Brandon’s parents’ place, having a “Peanut Boil.” For those not living in North Carolina, this is pronounced “Peanut Boll.” (Sometimes it sounds like “bowl,” and sometimes “bull,” depending on who’s speaking and how quickly it’s said.) We ate boiled peanuts and oatmeal raisin [...]
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The Kitchen Diaries

By Erin | Published: September 10, 2009
So, this morning before breakfast I decided to clean the whole kitchen. It started out simple: a few pots soaking from last night’s dinner (which was surprisingly good, for how simple it was—spaghetti with a peppery sauce with parm and lots of butter, and a side of garlicky spinach with Cannellini beans). But once I [...]
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I love you already, September

By Erin | Published: September 2, 2009
So, the days are largely writing and cooking and playing tennis. Keeping up with the dishes and laundry. Phone conversations and watching PBS specials about the Kennedys and daydreaming of bed and breakfasts, and wouldn’t you know I saw a hummingbird flitting around a red-flowered “hummingbird bush” in our backyard just yesterday? I love it [...]
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Let’s talk about lard.

By Erin | Published: July 28, 2009
My mom sent me a food care package from an organic farm in Pennsylvania that raises pastured beef and milk-fed pigs and sends out all kinds of goodness. She sent a couple pounds of hamburger (which went into the nachos and the stroganoff and had the silkiest, softest texture), a dozen eggs (huge brown ones [...]
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A post in which I become distracted by nachos

By Erin | Published: July 23, 2009
It doesn’t really feel like this week has happened. I mean, the days have passed, and each one was what it was. But it’s Thursday? Right? And it doesn’t feel like almost a whole week has passed. I guess that’s one reason I’ve been so quiet on here lately. It feels like I just posted [...]
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Poor People Food

By Erin | Published: July 16, 2009
Last night I made beans and cornbread for dinner. My grandmother had bought me a bag of Anasazi beans when I was in West Virginia. They’re these adorable red-and-white speckled beans, and they’re similar to pintos in taste and texture, but they cook quickly and require no soaking. I cooked them with a ham hock [...]
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Caffeine

By Erin | Published: July 15, 2009
So on Monday I made another coffee drink. Only this time I guess I made the coffee too strong. Since I don’t drink hot coffee, I don’t really know how strong I’m making it. My coffee maker is small, too, so the instructions on the back of the bag of ground coffee are less than [...]
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