http://www.nukegirl.org/ Adventures in cooking, hold the pants. en-us 2008-02-05T13:36:37-08:00 http://www.nukegirl.org/archives/001788.html Tonight we have A Very Special Bareass Cupid: Creamless Creamy Tomato Soup, courtesy of a cooking mag for whom I have volunteered to be a recipe tester. As an extra bonus, it comes with a crouton-making recipe. (Nope, it's not... Nukegirl 2008-02-05T13:36:37-08:00 http://www.nukegirl.org/archives/001785.html When I read the ingredients list for tonight's dish, Curried Chicken, I was concerned about the wee, almost homeopathic amounts of spices. An eighth of a teaspoon of powdered ginger? Three-fourths of a teaspoon of salt? Do I wave the... Nukegirl 2008-01-30T10:43:32-08:00 http://www.nukegirl.org/archives/001783.html Bertha Connyers was a lovely soul, tiny and opinionated. She'd call "bullshit" on things what needed callin', but she was kind to animals, and was known to feed anyone or anything that showed up on her doorstep. This included stray... Nukegirl 2008-01-29T20:55:32-08:00 http://www.nukegirl.org/archives/001781.html My Year of Cooking Stupidly commences with that mainstay of Eisenhower-era buffet tables and Ladies' Luncheons: Chicken &aacute l&agrave King. Basically leftover chicken in white sauce, I have to make a few alterations: fresh mushrooms instead of (ook) canned, and... Nukegirl 2008-01-28T13:40:41-08:00 http://www.nukegirl.org/archives/001780.html We here at Bareass Cupid are inordinately fond of vintage cookbooks: fond enough to have a basement full of them. We relish the musty-attic smell of pages tan-splotched with forgotten meals, the lurid Ektachromes of organ meats creamed with peas... Nukegirl 2008-01-28T11:47:49-08:00