walnuts – Orangette https://orangette.net Thu, 06 Jul 2017 20:07:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 Maybe he’s right https://orangette.net/2014/04/maybe-hes-right/ https://orangette.net/2014/04/maybe-hes-right/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2014 08:18:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/maybe-hes-right This is the fifth granola recipe I’ve posted on this blog. Five. Five! Four more than anyone needs! I cannot be stopped! I’ve turned into your annoying great-aunt, the one who tells the same boring story about Eisenhower every Thanksgiving, over and over and over and over and over. I even have the requisite small crotchety dog and a banana-yellow Formica kitchen, circa 1960. My transformation is complete. I’ve been making granola regularly, at least once or twice a month, for something like fifteen years. I’ve gone through several recipes and versions, from the lowish in fat – a tragic notion that, I now believe, goes against the whole concept of granola – to the intricately spiced, thoroughly nutted, and…

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]]> https://orangette.net/2014/04/maybe-hes-right/feed/ 111 We have a rhythm https://orangette.net/2013/03/we-have-a-rhythm/ https://orangette.net/2013/03/we-have-a-rhythm/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:24:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/we-have-a-rhythm June is six months old. She has two teeth, monstrous thighs, and is my favorite person in the world. Totally predictable, I know, but I really never thought I would say that about someone who spends most of the day drooling and pulling my hair.  Sometimes she looks at me tenderly, places a dimpled hand on either side of my face, and then lunges forward, giggling, and savagely bites my nose.  She suits me so well.  Really, she’s perfect for me.  We have a rhythm. I sent my revised manuscript to my editor in the final days of February. A few days later, we lost our manager at Delancey and Essex. Though losing a staff member always makes me and Brandon…

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]]> https://orangette.net/2013/03/we-have-a-rhythm/feed/ 211 The truth is https://orangette.net/2009/04/the-truth-is/ https://orangette.net/2009/04/the-truth-is/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:08:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/the-truth-is I have to tell you something sort of unpleasant today, but somehow, I don’t think you’re going to be surprised: I have not been doing much cooking lately. I was hoping to be able to avoid the topic, but I can’t. There is a lot going on over here, and you can see it as clearly as I can, so there’s no point in trying to fool anyone. The truth is, for the past week, we’ve been living on a pot of pinto beans spiked with Tapatio, four steamed artichokes, a few pans of scrambled eggs, a quart of ice cream, one bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, and one bag of Blazin’ Buffalo & Ranch Doritos. I am not too…

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