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Bean Cuisine Made Easy
I am not a vegetarian, but I love beans. When I eat beans and rice together I feel satisfied and full of energy. At the beginning of my relationship with Dick I started seeking out more and more bean recipes, mostly in Mexican and Indian cuisine. I’ve always used dried beans. (Canned beans don’t have […]
In Context: Spices, Spices, Spices
If you’ve been reading the blog you know that my “recent” move was protracted. But the new (to us) house did have a large, lovely kitchen that several people can move about in at the same time without endangering each other or any food prep. In other words it sure beats the 2 feet of […]
Sketching Throughout the Day and Eating Steak Again
The other day I wrote about “sketching anyway.” I’d meant to follow up with another post about this topic. On this day I was sketching squash and chefs. But when I pulled up the file I was reminded that those pages also documented my jaw failure. (September 2024). I wasn’t quite ready to revisit that in […]
More Thoughts From Chekov
Brush pen and ink wash in a lined non-art paper notebook. Sketching while watching “Top Chef.” And thinking as I move through my day.
TV Competition Shows
Chekov was prescient. Brush pen and ink wash in a bookstore lined notebook (because I love painting and using wet media like ink wash on non-art papers).
You Always Have Time for a Quick Brush Pen Sketch
I really enjoy looking at this page spread from last fall after I got out of the hospital. I felt strong enough to stand at the counter and flick the pen around the page. We were back at home with fresh bread and great meat, and a really great tomato! Getting back to our […]
In Context: Comfort Foods
Comfort foods, we all have them. Some are actually healthy for us. Others we merely think are healthy for us and forget some key information! In 2021 I had a major internal system breakdown (nothing Covid related). Later I realized that my reversion to my comfort food of tuna and rice, was not a great […]
In Context: Don’t Tease the Cook
Sometime before the Pandemic I read a New Yorker article about Steve Sando and Rancho Gordo (his bean business). I’m not a vegetarian—though I did try for about 8 months one year in my young adulthood and I was so anemic from other health factors that I had to give it up and get back […]