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Tuna, White Bean, & Tomato Salad with Meyer Lemon & Fresh Herbs
Tuna, White Bean, & Tomato Salad with Meyer Lemon & Fresh Herbs

“I have to quit these peas. Peas are no good for me, I better try corn or beans.” -Stephen King, American master of horror, fantasy, and suspenseful writing, in his best-selling 1994 novel Insomnia

Salata Faki (Greek-Style Cold Lentil Salad)
Salata Faki (Greek-Style Cold Lentil Salad)

“Well, it’s mostly lentils, but there’s some crockery mixed in.” -Nigel Planer as politically depressed neu-hippie Neil Pye in the early-80′s BBC Britcom comedy of manners The Young Ones

Erdäpfelsalat (Austrian-Style Potato Salad)
Erdäpfelsalat (Austrian-Style Potato Salad)

“I benefit from the Mr. Potato Head syndrome. Put a wig and a nose and glasses on me, and I disappear.” -Phil Hartman, immensely talented and sadly passed-before-his-time Canadian-American comedian, actor, and alum of such awesomeness as SNL, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, and The Simpsons

Braised Yao Choy with Shaoxing Wine & Toasted Sesame Seeds
Braised Yao Choy with Shaoxing Wine & Toasted Sesame Seeds

“Making sex is like a Chinese dinner – it ain’t over ’til you both get your cookies.” -The incomparable Alec Baldwin as Old Man Dunphy in the Farrelly Brothers’ 1999 comedy Outside Providence

Pickled Red Cabbage & Asian Pear Salad with Poppyseeds
Pickled Red Cabbage & Asian Pear Salad with Poppyseeds

“The time has come,’ the walrus said, ‘to talk of many things: of shoes and ships and sealing wax – of cabbages and kings.” -Lewis Carroll, British author, clergyman, mathematician, and photographer, from his classic book Through the Looking Glass

Baked Mac & Cheese with Herbed Panko Topping & Fresh Tomato
Baked Mac & Cheese with Herbed Panko Topping & Fresh Tomato

“He puts some MacAttack Mac & Cheese in the microwave and dons headphones and takes out a video game so he won’t be bored during the forty seconds it takes his lunch to cook.” -George Saunders, awesome American writer/satirist, from his 2006 short story collection In Persuasion Nation

Wheatberry Salad with Orange Citronette, Cranberries, Feta, Wild Arugula, and Toasted Pignoli
Wheatberry Salad with Orange Citronette, Cranberries, Feta, Wild Arugula, and Toasted Pignoli

“To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist – the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one’s vinegar.” -Oscar Wilde, Irish rabble-rouser, author, playwright, and poet

Sweet Potato Oven Fries with Curried Yogurt Dipping Sauce
Sweet Potato Oven Fries with Curried Yogurt Dipping Sauce

“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems with just potatoes.” -Douglas Adams, British author, satirist, and mastermind of the incredible “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

Dad's Roasted Garlic & Mascarpone Mashed Potatoes
Dad’s Roasted Garlic & Mascarpone Mashed Potatoes

“The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I’ll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate with just a little piece of meat. And if someone asks me why I didn’t get more meat, I’ll just say ‘Oh, you mean this?’ and pull out a big piece of meat from inside the blob of potatoes, where I’ve hidden it. Good magic trick, huh?” -Jack Handey, American author and humorist

Grandma Rose's Broccoli Gratin
Grandma Rose’s Broccoli Gratin

“Fatherhood is telling your daughter that Michael Jackson loves all his fans, but has special feelings for the ones that eat broccoli.” -Bill Cosby, American comedian & author


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