Tag Archives: cooking

Bottom Line: Needing to scale back my eating

Time to order some stretch pants, perhaps? Looks like it, unfortunately, from all angles. I’m not counting on a close friend to tell me this, because I know this firsthand, and for a fact, too. It’s been several months since I’ve seen the better side of 160 pounds. I started this pseudo-cooking blog almost six […]

Dad, who died last week, loved his food, his way

This blog could continue to be all about me, and learning to cook. Or, it could become all about us, and our appreciation for food, kitchens, dinner tables and entertaining with food, and gardens and farmers’ markets, and the so many more aspects of sourcing, preparation and enjoyment of food. I vote for the second. […]

Never heard of eggnog chiffon pie ’til I made one

When the Lubec Memorial Library put out a call to contribute desserts for its fundraising dinner last weekend, I didn’t ignore the signup sheet like I always have. Full of myself and my new cooking intentions, I became the second name on the list: Katherine Cassidy, Pie. Never mind that I had never before baked […]

My all-new kitchen calls for an all-new attitude

My small house in Lubec was built in 1950. But the old-fashioned, 1940s-style stove that came with my kitchen wasn’t my style when I moved in, back in June 2012. Friends who saw my stove, fell in love with my stove. Not me, though. They all saw more possibilities for the definitely retro stove than […]

Take my dinner, please — what I asked of my friends

I wrote that starting with my 56th birthday, that I would learn to cook. (It’s complicated). So that happened, one day later. On the Friday evening two weeks ago, we put out the word — dinner at Berta’s house. The caveat: Katherine’s cooking Now, we could safely say this, because Berta is my aunt, Roberta […]

How lobster rolls cost me my seat in the Legislature

My public admission two weeks ago about my decision to learn to cook at 56, had its perils. Should I share the fact, beyond my inner circle, that I have never put a meal on the table for others? That would mean letting on to all my friends, enemies and frenemies, as well as the […]

Making “Joy of Cooking” part of my life, even at 56

“Joy of Cooking” served as the go-to cookbook for our parents’ and even grandparents’ generations. So it was a natural birthday present for me from my father many years ago. The copy I still have carries his hand-written note: “For Katherine, on your 27th birthday. Know that the way to a man’s heart is through […]