Naomi: Cooking for one and for friends



For years now, even before I wrote the recipes in what I think of as my "static blog," Fiftytworecipesfrommymother, at the request of my children, Sarah and Sam, Sarah had been urging me to keep a daily (more or less) record of my cookings--the meals I make for myself in my (surprisingly) solitary life as well as those I make for friends. For whatever reasons, I've never done it.


But, after months of wandering, I've finally begun. As I haven't quite mastered the art of cooking for one, and love throwing together grand meals at the last minute, I have been encouraging friends to call to check on what I might have on hand any evening for a quick meal. Instructions can be found in my entry for March 20th--What's in Naomi's Refrigerator.

This is primarily a record of the meals I prepare for myself and others, accompanied by "mug shots" of the food (when I remember to photograph before eating). Shot by my phone, with no styling, they may not capture their subjects at their best, but so be it.



Friday, June 29, 2012

June 29th. Farmer's Market. Salmon Salad. Frittata. Krump Dancing, Levitating Mass Mandarette

Gorgeous California day.
Woke up to a flurry of cooking, with no plans for when anything might be eaten.  Trimmed and Steamed two giant artichokes and made yet another frittata with most of the left-over stir fry with a few roasted tomatoes thrown in for a little color.


Although, I'd wanted to cook, I didn't feel like eating any of my efforts and instead just had
toast and coffee before biking to Farmer's Market where I bought only parsley, cilantro, irises and a ten pound bag of oranges for juice.
Had a little left-over salmon salad for lunch and then returned a call from Robin.  She and Tim were going to LACMA to see Jessica's student  Robin called to say her bike was fixed and she was ready for bike rides in her retirement.  I called her, thinking we might go for a ride, but instead joined her and Tim for a screening of Jessica's movie--The 818 Session that she'd made this year at school.  It documents Krump dancing in a North Hollywood Mall andwas screening at the Dance Camera West Film Festival at LACMA.  Not only did we see many dance movies of assorted quality, we also got an early peak at the Levitating Mass--the celebrated enormous rock that was the darling of Los Angeles in March as it was hauled across the city from its quarry roots to its destiny as celebrated art object.  It doesn't exactly look like it's floating (maybe I didn't get the right angle)--but it was clear that everyone visiting was happy to see such a famous item and to join in the clamor of mutterings over the true nature of art.

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