Kitchen Rabbit Hole: Your First Trip
Updated: Nov 8
Where do I start..... Just before COVID turned us all upside-down, I got it in my head to compile all the recipes I've prepared over the years and have a cookbook printed for my kids, family, and friends. During the pandemic I made some serious headway, but a new job in February 2022 distracted me. Then in August of 2024 my position was eliminated and I found myself unemployed, chronologically close to retirement age, and financially light-years away.
Maybe I should put my energy back into that cookbook, or maybe I should get into the 21st century and tell my recipe stories in a blog. Please bear with me as I navigate my way in a digital world where I know enough to be dangerous.
Full disclosure, without my millennial son Paul, this blog wouldn't exist, he coached me every step of the way. So, my journey begins -- hopefully with you following along.
A Little Housekeeping
I take all of my own photos and while I try to make things look appealing, I do not use any special effects. I took a photography class in college and was totally grossed out at shellacking food for photographic reasons. Any food item you see here is totally edible and was likely consumed soon after the photo was taken.
I've been loading recipes to the site for weeks so that there's plenty for you to see on your first trip down the kitchen rabbit hole. The first round of posts are recipes that are dear to my heart and soul and the recipes that are related to them, and the recipes that are related to them, and so on. Going forward, I am hoping to post a recipe each week.
Kitchen Rabbit Hole?
My kitchen is my happy place and invariably when I get started cooking - even the simplest thing - I find myself going down a culinary rabbit hole and one recipe leads to another to another..... One of my favorite games is to have no idea what I'm cooking, open the fridge, assess the leftovers that are kicking around, and then transform them into something that looks and tastes well planned and gourmet. I really get my thrills when I do that and then serve my experiment to guests.
This 'leftover experiment' practice is something that kind of freaks out my husband John who, by the way, gets his kicks skiing moguls while I freak out from the lodge. To each his or her own I guess.
Tricks and Tools of the Trade
I have to admit, I have acquired my share of kitchen gadgets over the years and as they come up in my various posts you'll hear about them. I think the true tools are the food staples that my kitchen is NEVER without. There's a post about that too! I also like to experiment and bend the rules a bit: sometimes with great success and added ease and others, well, not so much. I'll share those tidbits as they come up.
So where's the recipe?
My first recipe posts at the same time as this one and will introduce you to Italian Red Gravy, why I call it that, how I make it, and a dose of family lore.
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