Blog Title: Kate in the Kitchen

My apologies for running away

So this is how I am, hmm? Wax philosophic about blogging for three years and then vamoose for parts unknown? Some ‘reach out and touch someone’ blogger I am. In my absence I have been astonished, overwhelmed and sometimes moved to tears by your comments and I hope I adequately thanked you individually for your read more..

Three years blogging

Today marks the 3rd anniversary of this blog. Am I happy about it? That depends on the day, but usually yes. And sometimes, more often than not these days, I would say no. I admit that I’ve toyed a lot lately – a lot!-  with quitting this past time of mine. Part of me feels if read more..

The small things, and life lessons

My apologies to those who come here for the food. Although, yes, I am mostly about food in my little corner of the blog-world here, there’s a lot more to what nurtures me than the food I cook; hard to believe, I know, but in the snippets of insight you sometimes get to the rest read more..

Dads of any shape or kind

Here’s to the Dads of life, no matter what form they take. Here’s my Dad That’s me, yup…on the right; kid sized anyway. My sister Kris is on the left. I must have been 7 or 8 because I still have my original front teeth which were broken in an accident when I was 9. I vividly read more..

Smashed Potatoes and Olive Tapenade

From my lips to yours, I never would have thought to put these two flavors together in all the world of combination’s; one so briny, the other so mellow- who would have thought that they’d be any good together? Thankfully someone did, and they had the fortitude to put it in a cookbook for all of read more..

Cherries!!

I almost thought to do this as a Wordless Wednesday post, but I simply can’t be quiet about fresh cherries and when I get passionate and excited about a food, my hyper-articulate and descriptive nature fully reveals itself and well, I just can’t stop. Either talking about them or eating them. This time of year, I’m read more..

Glorious greens and Spinach Pesto

Maybe I was a rabbit in another life. Or maybe it’s just my normal summertime affliction, but greens have dominated my meals as of late. What fuels this obsession, and it can certainly be called one, is the availability of the ‘live’ lettuce heads my grocer has started carrying. I found these last summer and the read more..

Cake!? What’s happening??

Let me tell you about my nephew Matt, or as he likes to refer to himself  ‘my second son’. Matt is nine, with light red hair and an adorable grin that’s going through its ‘Jack-O-Lantern’ phase, losing his baby teeth and replacing them with Chiklet chompers. He has a personality that just lights up a room. read more..

Pork Tenderloin in Spicy Mole Sauce

Say Olé to Molé!! Molé sauce is huge in traditional Mexican cooking, and a complicated one at that. I have researched this quite a bit and no matter what I read on one page, the next article or book or website tells me something different. One thing is clear as I read, drool and learn about this read more..

Love in a piece of fish

I’ve always considered myself a pretty flexible, go with the flow kind of person, and nowhere is that more evident than in the food that I will eat. I’m no gourmet and I don’t require an exotic or complicated meal ever; I’m just as happy to chomp through a grilled brat as I would be read more..