Category Archives: Food

Wild Raspberries

By david.humphrey | Published: July 17, 2009
This week we have been walking the back field in search of a natural wonder: wild raspberries.  The plants have almost totally overtaken huge sections of the old fence line.  With the girls in long sleeves and pants, we have been able to forage and find some of the most amazing fruit I have tasted.  [...]
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Gravy

By david.humphrey | Published: May 11, 2009
Luke’s giving me a hard time about not blogging my essential ingredient list (which I’ll do another time), so here’s a round-about way to get to my list.  One of the things I enjoy most about cooking is making sauces.  Last night I made a mushroom gravy to go with a prime rib I cooked [...]
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Something out of nothing

By david.humphrey | Published: April 8, 2009
Tonight my very tired wife made a quite reasonable request: “can you make something sweet?” The answer to this question is always ‘yes,’ but sometimes it’s harder than others. Tonight, for example, was tricky because we have no eggs in the house (nor much else I’d need to really make something awesome). [...]
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I <3 epicurious.com

By david.humphrey | Published: March 13, 2009
“You like weekend cooking,” was what my wife told me the other day.  By that she means that I like to spend a lot of time preparing somewhat complex food, and it’s a very true assessment.  My secret, or one of them, is that I find great recipies on Epicurious.com.  Typically I have a few [...]
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Explaining the web by cooking

By david.humphrey | Published: July 2, 2008
I spend a great deal of my time explaining to students how to work on the web.  Open source development is as much about working via the web as it is about source code.  Students often have a hard time believing me when I tell them that blogging has value, or that keeping a wiki [...]
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Reading

By david.humphrey | Published: June 23, 2008
Today, on the screened porch, waiting for a storm to come, and then to pass, with blankets over bathing suits, the girls and I read the first half of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows.  I’m just about to shift from working-dave to holidave, and this book put me in the spirit of summer [...]
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How to keep warm in February

By david.humphrey | Published: February 6, 2008
For Christmas Laura bought me a cooking class with Arvinda, and last night we went. Normally the classes are held downtown in a cooking studio, but the group was small enough last night that we met in her house. I *love* Indian food, and while I’ve made it a few times in the [...]
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So hot you can’t touch it

By david.humphrey | Published: January 27, 2008
I do a mean paneed chicken and tonight I tried making a wild mushroom and white wine sauce to go over it.  I nailed it, and then re-learned the lesson I teach myself every time I do this.  I always sear off my chicken breasts and then finish them in the oven.  Well, can I [...]
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Switcher

By david.humphrey | Published: January 4, 2008
I’ve made the switch, and I’m loving it.  I’ve put my old rig in storage.  Good riddance!
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WinterFest come hither

By david.humphrey | Published: December 13, 2007
I just found this amazing list of great restaurants participating in WinterFest this coming February-March. Other than the fact that it ends the day before my birthday, this looks amazing. I’m a big fan of One99 and have wanted to go to Juniper for some time (did I mention it’s closed on our [...]
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