Tag Archives: Food

Grocery Shopping

When the cashier at the grocery story asks me what something is so they can ring it up I’m always tempted to tell them what it is and how I like to cook it.  They are probably only asking because they have to but it makes me feel like they honestly don’t know what a [...]

Recipe: Salmon Papillotes

Megen cooked up an amazing meal the other day and I wanted to share. Cooking “en papillote” is a technique where you place your food in a folded piece of parchment paper and bake it. The pouch keeps in all of the moisture and steams the food. This results in a very moist and aromatic [...]

Recipe: Skate with Browned Butter and Capers

Megen’s favorite fish, skate, has become the tastiest dish in our house. Skate has a very sweet taste similar to scallops but at a fraction of the cost. We’ve made this recipe a few times now and it never disappoints:

Thaw (if frozen), rinse, and dry off your skate fillets.

Salt and pepper one side [...]

The definitive clam cleaning resource is…

benjaminGolub.com!  Try out a Google search for “how do i get clams to spit out dirt“.

Too Quiet

I’ve been too quiet lately but just wanted to say that things have been great. Megen’s going into her third week of medical school, I’m still enjoying work, and Loki’s training is coming along very well. Megen’s classmates are friendly, smart people and I’ve had a lot of fun with them. My [...]