by Kelli Donley | Nov 12, 2013 | June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
My grandmother has (had) a freezer full of Schwann’s food she will not eat; cuts of meat, frozen vegetables, chocolate pies. This was Leonard’s food, but he isn’t going to enjoy digest these meats from heaven. So, we have been. Little by little at...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 16, 2013 | Kitchen Talk, Recipes
Ingredients: 6 ripe pears, cored 1 cup red wine — pinot noir, or something fruity 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons butter Directions: Place cored pears in a baking dish. In a sauce pan, whisk sugar and wine, until dissolved. Add butter, mixing thoroughly. Pour over...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 15, 2013 | Arizona, Celebrate!, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Menu: roast chicken with fingerling potatoes and carrots, cheese-stuffed, bacon-wrapped dates, salad + flourless chocolate cakes with warm raspberry sauce + vanilla ice cream. Our first dinner party in this home was a success! ~K
by Kelli Donley | Aug 15, 2013 | Arizona, Kitchen Talk
Lease signed. Utilities turned on. Truck en route from New Jersey to Arizona, brimming with our belongings. I do believe this calls for some celebratory guacamole. (When doesn’t life call for celebratory guacamole?) Along with grilled veggies, slabs of peppered...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 20, 2013 | Kitchen Talk, Paleo
D and I are going paleo. This is the first week, and I would lick this computer screen if I thought it would give me the tiniest hit of sugar. Or a bump of booze. Or just a tiny crunch of foods I’ve never even craved before — like salt and vinegar potato...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 16, 2013 | Domestic Art, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Prosecco, melon + prosciutto, turkey + artichoke stuffed shells, summer berry cobbler — a summer dinner shared with friends: ~K