I've been negligent

Also, just pretty much cooking and baking the same things: mac & cheese, spicy tomato soup, chicken with valencia orange, eggplant parmigiana, wheat germ bread. The usual. The only "new" thing I can report is simply a variation on the bread. Two small loaves, one of which I froze. Here they are. I'm reminded of St. Agatha, if you know what I mean. If not, that's fine too. Best not to think of such things, in any case.

The other news involves the deer. They're back. Or, just out and about again now that the snow has mostly melted. 

And the pussy willow beside the house has its catkins, so that's a good sign. The tree in the yard seems a week or so behind. But this is progress and I'll take it.

January

Catching up, again. And just hitting the highlights.

Buttermilk bread:

Eggplant and zucchini parmigiana. An excellent Lidia Bastianich recipe. Lots of pics of the process:

No-knead oat bread. 10-hour rise (overnight). Again, excellent. KAF recipe.

A couple of sewing projects. Apron #2, the whimsical one, with a pocket. 

And a faux fur collar. Still needs a hook & eye, but it looks done, which is good enough for picture-taking.

The pattern came from one of my favorite sewing blogs, Tilly and the Buttons. 

Then there was more baking... chocolate muffins. 

And last, and best, here's a young buck who kindly posed for a photo.

More Autumn

It's chilly, suddenly. Here's some food to go with the season.

First, macaroni and cheese. The recipe comes from Leite's Culinaria.

That was Saturday. On Sunday I made these scones. Scottish, the recipe said, because of the oats. Christmas, it said, because, I assume, of the cranberries. At first I wasn't so impressed, but later... I thought they were very good.

Finally, here's one of "my" fawns, looking all grown-up.