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.



Saturday, September 8, 2012

September 8th. Westminster Garden. Gjelina. Beach Walk. Hunan Eggplant once again.

Monthly work day at the Westminster Elementary Garden.  A little digging, but mostly hauling of weeds to dumpsters, and a bit of snacking.  It was a special working day for the kindergarten garden so more parents and kids then usual. The pictures at the above link are from two years ago, and those dirt patches are now bursting with vegetation (source of the many weeds pulled up and dumped).

Gjelina for lunch with Diana.  She drove across mountains to satisfy her Gjelina cravings, and of course, I was happy to indulge her as I am not immune to such desires myself and have found myself thinking more and more about various dishes.  We miraculously got a table as soon we arrived (we discovered after we'd finished eating that our particular table, right next to the front window was the hottest spot in the house (not in terms of hip, but in heat from the sun).  No matter.  We barely noticed it during our quite perfect meal of squash blossom pizza and burrata with peaches and prosciutto.

Bumped into Joanie at sunset on the beach--After long walk, returned home and made a dinner of rice, hunan eggplant and a salad.


Walked Joanie home with my bike well after 10pm.  Coming home I'd watched 3 episodes of Breaking Bad--the end of Second Season until 2AM


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