Dave says I look like Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed.
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Kelly Green Toes
Kelly green toes in defiance of the rain.
McLovins Visit Our Funky Cheese Shack
The McLovins visited Our Funky Cheese Shack yesterday at WBCR in Great Barrington for an extra special school’s-out-for-summer hour-long teen jam band special. There was a bit of giggly magic in the air. You can listen to the interview and performance here.
R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Quoting my friend Lauren:
ABC
It’s as easy as I23
RIP
I’m having trouble embedding the video…here’s a link to a wonderful video of the Jackson 5 singing “ABC” on the Ed Sullivan Show (1970).
Spring Radish Spread
Radishes, radishes, radishes. I’ve been enjoying them the French way lately, sprinkled with sea salt on a sweet-buttered baguette. Today I’m going to try this recipe that I picked up at the local farmers’ market.
Grammar note: I spell farmers’ market with an apostrophe at the end, but the below is how the referenced cookbook and this particular market seem to spell it. Any copy editors care to weigh in?
Spring Radish Spread
(via Indian Line Farm at the Great Barrington Farmers Market)
1 8-ounce package of cream cheese, softened
1 – 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish, drained
4 cleaned radish leaves
1 teaspoon dill
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 – 2 bunches red radishes
crackers, tortilla chips, or French bread
Mix all ingredients except crackers in medium bowl or food processor to desired consistency. Cover and refigerate 1/2 hour. Serve with crackers, chips, or crusty French bread. Makes 2 – 3 cups.
P.S. We don’t have a food processor, so I’m going to shred the radishes.
Frida Kahlo’s Meatballs
For his birthday dinner last month, Dave requested that I make Frida’s meatballs from Frida’s Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo by Guadalupe Rivera and Marie-Pierre Colle. It’s a lovely book in the tradition of Monet’s Table. Does anybody remember that book? Somebody gave it to us as a wedding present in 1991 and I’ve been obsessed with yellow and blue kitchens ever since. Our kitchen in New England is pale straw and sky blue and the one in Mexico has a lemon yellow polished-cement floor and a cobalt tile pattern of sort-of daises on the countertops.
Anyway, we discovered the Frida cookbook in 1997 while living in Pátzcuaro, where going to the butcher to buy the pork and beef for these meatballs was a knee-buckling thrill. Shopping for meat at Guido’s isn’t so exciting, except for when I find myself in line with this guy.
When I tweeted that I was making this dish, many people requested the recipe. I apologize for taking so long to post it. Here you go:
Meatballs in Chipotle Sauce
(8 servings)
1 lb. ground pork
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 garlic cloves, chopped
3 eggs
1/4 cup bread crumbs
Salt and pepper
Chipotle Sauce
6 chipotle chiles, pickled or in marinade
6 medium tomatoes, roasted and
peeled
peeled
1 cup chicken broth
2 garlic cloves
3 cumin seeds
1 tablespoon drived oregano
2 tablespoons lard (the butcher at Guido’s looked at me like I had lost my mind when I asked if she had any)
Salt and pepper
Combine the pork, beef, ground cumin, garlic, eggs, bread crumbs, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. Shape the mixture into medium-sized meatballs. Cook the meatballs in the Chipotle Sauce for about 25 minutes.
To make the Chipotle Sauce, puree the chiles, tomatoes, broth, garlic, cumin seeds, and oregano. Strain. Sauté the puree in hot lard (or oil, as the case may be) and season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil.
¡Buen provecho!
Twitter 101 in San Miguel de Allende: August 20
Hello! Lucky’s custom letterpress Twitter icon.
I’m heading down to San Miguel de Allende to visit my mom and will offer a “Twitter 101: They Don’t Call It Social Media for Nothing” how-to/why-to/what-to workshop on Thursday, August 20, 10am to noon, at our house in Colonia Guadalupe. I will cut through the Twitter hype with clarity, a rockin’ tutorial handout, and excellent snacks.
US$25 or peso equivalent. To reserve a spot, please send me an email at ginahyams@gmail.com.
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