Day: October 25, 2012

It’s been a busy fall here in Northern California with a strenuous work schedule the likes of which I haven’t seen since I was in my twenties.  I don’t mind the hard work – we all do it sometimes – but when you’re pulling long days something has to give, and for me it was my cooking.  Sure, I still made something to eat, but when I pulled out the pot to boil water for rice pasta for the third time in a week, after justifying a dinner of cheese and salami just the night before, I realized I’d reached cooking rock bottom.  So, over the past few weeks I’ve been attempting to reacquaint myself with the kitchen by cooking a few simple-to-prepare, gourmet-ish recipes. The results vary day by day, and I am patient with myself in the process, but every once in a while I come up with something so good I just have to share.  What was this week’s specialty?  Something I’m calling F’Au Gratin.  Come and cook with us! Continue reading “F’Au Gratin”