Food and Cooking | Unexpected Leisure

February 4, 2011February 4, 2011

Building a Deep Pantry

Assuming you still have a job, you might want to consider putting together a pantry with enough in it to see you through more than just the end of the week or even the month. I'm talking about a serious food supply that can sustain you and yours, albeit with diminished variety, for the better part of a year. Read more [...]

January 26, 2011

Eating Cheap From a Roast Chicken

Rendering a chicken carcass is a time-honored way to get the last savory bits off of a chicken, and it's not as hard as it might sound. Read more [...]

January 18, 2011January 20, 2011

Vegan Chili Recipe

Here's another great recipe for a cold winter evening from my sister-in-law Laura: Read more [...]

January 15, 2011January 20, 2011

Yummy Potato Wedges

It's the weekend.Â Sit back and enjoy some of these easy-to-make and quite delicious potato wedges using the recipe provided by my good friends Davis and Sonja.Â Here are their instructions: 1. Read more [...]

January 5, 2011January 5, 2011

Restoring Cast Iron Cookware

Not long ago some friends gave us a set of three cast iron skillets as they were lightening their load during a move. The skillets were used, and encrusted with... something. I know people who use cast iron and they tend to praise it highly, so it seemed like a worthy exercise to see if this stuff could be restored. Read more [...]