by Kelli Donley | Jun 2, 2011 | Colorado, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
I’ve long said if I could start over at high school graduation I’d have gone to culinary school. Or maybe the Rhode Island School of Design for pattern making. Amazing how interests change with time; when I graduated from high school, I knew I wanted to be...
by Kelli Donley | May 22, 2011 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Kitchen Talk, Recipes
\\ So, this paleo thing means no grains. And the family I’m living with is already living gluten free. When I suggested we make the banana bread recipe on Karen’s site, my hosts agreed. Gluten-free bread? Bring it on. Off to the market on my bike I went,...
by Kelli Donley | May 14, 2011 | Homebody, Kitchen Talk, Paleo
Sheila treated me to a homemade meal this week that was too colorful and delicious not to photograph: Salmon, poached with dill and lemon; roasted acorn squash; plantains with cinnamon This paleo/primal way of eating is tricky. Whole milk in my morning coffee,...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 26, 2011 | Arizona, Kitchen Talk
My friend Dan, the Relation Chef, was in town last night to whip up a special menu at Scottsdale’s Posh. I don’t typically eat such fancy meals on a Monday — or ever. For that matter, 90% of the time I stay home in my jammies comfortably curled up...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 4, 2011 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Kitchen Talk
Some aspects of cleaning up the pantry and using what I have are more fun than others. I put Finny’s Christmas gift — which included jam and this homemade pie filling — to good use this weekend. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Mar 23, 2011 | Happy Hippie, Homebody, Journal, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
I hosted a couple friends and their owners last night for dinner on the patio. We enjoyed a new recipe — cochinita tacos — from a recipe I got out of a waiter at Gallo Blanco. (Pork shoulder, can of Coke, can of Negro Modelo, onion, garlic, any other...