Randuwa II: December 2020

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

0534.Art Rocks: Candido Portinari: 1903

Monday, December 28, 2020

0533.Art Rocks: Felix Vallotton: 1865

Sunday, December 27, 2020

0532.Art Rocks: Thomas Fearnley: 1802

Friday, December 25, 2020

Christmas Feasting!

BREAKFAST

An Egg & Sausage Casserole
Cantaloupe
Homemade Biscotti
Hazelnut Cinnamon Coffee

LUNCH

Salad

Iceberg Lettuce
Cucumber
Cherub Tomatoes
Apple slices
Scallion
Italian Parsley
Greek Vinaigrette Dressing

DINNER

Poached Salmon with:

Montreal Steak Seasoning
Lemon wedges & Italian Parsley

Kukkakaalialaatikko (Finnish Cauliflower Rye casserole)

From Sunday's @ Moosewood Restuarant

Sauteed Spinach

With Garlic, dried Cranberries, & Roasted Pine Nuts
Copied from a Tapas I had at Jaleo in DC

DESSERT

Dutch Sour Cream Apple Pie

My Grandmother's recipe

0531.Art Rocks: Satish Gujral: 1925

Thursday, December 24, 2020

0530.Art Rocks: Portia Geach: 1873

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

UPS: WTF!?

All the poor, tired, overworked, underpaid, Schmoe would have had to do was place the cardboard box inside the storm door....

Part of the box remained frozen to my stoop.

I know. It's Egg's Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce. Is it? Does it always have to be? I had some left over Bearnaise Sauce and then because even when I make this with the traditional Hollandaise Sauce I break the rules, I dressed my English Muffins thusly:

Muffin
Tomato wedge
Baby Spinach
Canadian Bacon
Poached Egg
Bearnaise Sauce

It's your breakfast. Take a chance!

0529.Art Rocks: Mochtar Apin: 1923

0528.Art Rocks: Wada Eisaku: 1874

0527.Art Rocks: Harriet Sundstrom: 1872

Monday, December 21, 2020

A Revelation: White Borscht

Made this soup off of a recipe featured in the New York Times Cooking section. I don't have words. It was Divine!

Romeo's nose knows a thing most scrumptious when he smells it--alas, no soup for you, my love!

0526.Art Rocks: Ivan Generalic, 1914

My Nativity

Decided to forego putting up my Holiday Tree this year, then I rediscovered the container with my creche. I made this at a little local ceramics shop back in 1977 as a sophomore in High School. It was near to the start of my exploration of Christianity--and also a time when I was wanting to explore anything creative. The whole thing has help up pretty well over the past 43 years!

A Total Comfort Food: Pasta Puttanesca

The ingredients are simple: Tomatoes, Capers, Kalamata Olives, Anchovy, Garlic, Red Pepper flakes topped with some Italian Parsley. (and Parmesan Cheese, if you like) I've made meatballs from Sweet Italian Sausage to got with it, but you'd never need to. It's a simple, wonderful meal all on it's own. The names translates to "Prostitute Pasta"--it was a meal for the working girls. Don't be a prude--it's a meal worthy of any professional!

Maryland Zoo: December 20: African Penguins

Not as in love with snow as you might think. African Penguins belong to a genera of four species known as Spheniscus. All inhabit temperate regions of the southern hemisphere.

There are over 90 Penguins in our colony. Each one has a name. Darned if I know any of them! I can tell which ones are male or female, and I can spot the adolescent younger birds (as well as, the really old ones--African Penguins can live to be 25 in captivity).