We have a kitchen. Sort of. The open shelving that will run on one side is still somewhere out there in the possession of a guy named Dave, a charming and romantic Appalachian character who does not hew slavishly to modern bunkum like timetables, or telephones. This complicates the task of getting the kitchen in…
Tag: Slow cooker
Slow-Cooker Beef Ragu
Apparently, in less than an hour, I will be watching an interview with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, in which he will tell us that he was a virgin in high school, and for many years afterwards. Whatever your opinion about Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, I hope we can all agree that we don’t want to…
Poached Eggs on Kinda-Chinese Pork
Something you should understand is that we are preparing to renovate our kitchen. It’s been six years since the makeshift semi-renovation that I chronicled for The Atlantic, and the make shifts are no longer making it. Everything we purchased from Ikea has collapsed into planned obsolescence. Meanwhile, the ancient cabinets, installed with devil-may-care insouciance and…
The Cookery Monster 