Charm City Cook
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Courtesy of Charmcitycook – When it comes to wine for Thanksgiving dinner, lots of people will tell you what goes best with turkey. And stuffing. And potatoes. And pumpkin pie. I wanted to get some insight from a pro, so I visited my friend Carey Williams at The Wine Source in Hampden for some advice and found some …
Amy Langrehr, the charmcitycook, talks turkey.
drama in the coop… we’ve had a few lineup changes. as the ‘girls’ approached five months, things really got interesting! first, gertie [ameraucana] started to CROW! oy, it was out of nowhere and…it was loud. she [well, he…] was quickly taken back out to the country where that sorta behavior is a-ok. my neighbors have been so …
Favorite Beef Stew adapted from America’s Test Kitchen Ingredients 2 medium garlic cloves , minced or pressed through garlic press (about 2 teaspoons) 4 anchovy fillets , finely minced (about 2 teaspoons) 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1 boneless beef chuck-eye roast (about 4 pounds), trimmed of excess fat, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces 2 tablespoons vegetable …
the other day, my friend said, ‘hey, you’re sorta crunchy.’ hmmm. he meant it as a compliment…and i took it that way. i’m not sure when i became so crunchy. okay, so i shop at the farmers market every saturday, year-round. some say that’s a little crunch. i reuse as many things as humanly possible…cups, jars, …
a few months ago, i was on the lookout for a new grating tool and a chef friend of mine recommended a microplane. so, i hit up williams-sonoma at towson town center [and that store is dangerously close to anthropologie…] and got one. I LOVE THIS THING. i use it to grate cheese, zest lemons, …
wow, look how little they were back in june… the girls got their big break on the local news yesterday! i even got the title of ‘urban farmer’ while on camera. hilarious. and…since getting their two minutes of fame, the chickens have been prancing, strutting…beaks up in the air. i swear i saw dottie smiling – she …
UPDATE! we finally, finally had the all-important coop inspection, hon. as he came into the house, the nice city animal officer said “well, hello again…how are the chicks?” turns out he was the same inspector who came by last month when someone reported me. he took pics, asked questions and said everything looked fine and …
photo by TravelPod How it began… A few years ago, I took an amazing trip to London and Paris with one of my best friends, Kathleen. We visited our mutual lifelong friend, …
