Author Archives: Valah

With Covid-19 chasing people into their homes and self-isolation, I have read and heard from many sources that folks are taking up hobbies that they had long neglected or never before considered. I am one of these people. I got … Continue reading →

Let’s talk for a moment about Pottage. It is a dish I hold near and dear to my heart. I call it pottage because that is the closest name I could find for what I make (thank you interwebs). You … Continue reading →

Valah here. It has been far too long since I have posted anything, here or anywhere else. In my defense, I was finishing my dissertation and life got crazy. The stress had my head going all sorts of places that … Continue reading →

Right, so maybe Pot Roast isn’t entirely a lazy day meal, but on the other hand, it really kinda is. I hadn’t gotten around to thinking about cooking dinner in time to make something in the slow cooker, so I … Continue reading →

My days have been odd lately and I don’t know why. Well, I do know why, I’m just not sure what reason my head decided to latch onto to then cause out of proportion stress without warning me or giving … Continue reading →

It’s Autumn! Hooray!! Today is Hobbit Day! It’s Bilbo’s birthday! It’s Frodo’s birthday! Hooray for Hobbit Day! I have been meaning to make a seed cake in honor of Bilbo’s birthday for several years, and every year I have not … Continue reading →

Last weekend, quite unexpectedly, became a peach canning weekend. Our sweet neighbor Emily has peach trees in her back yard and they are starting to drop their ripe fruit. They are dropping far more fruit than she can use. So, … Continue reading →

Today’s recipe finds its origins in my (actually, Raven’s) cookbook Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan. I love this cookbook, by the way. The recipes are sensible, tasty, and not too fiddly. Raven got this cookbook and I got the … Continue reading →

I ended up cooking again tonight. No rest for the newly-appointed primary cook I suppose. I had a pack of chicken breasts plus a single chicken breast in the freezer and a bag of mushrooms in the fridge, so I … Continue reading →