Tofu and veggie curry

Yes, I'm still cooking. It's just the life has become way more interesting than the interwebs!

This simple curry makes for a great mid week meal.

Elk tri tip, roasted root vegetables and fresh mozzarella burritos

Mmmm. Don't forget the Rooster!


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Epic Weekend

All I've got is, Wow.

It was a great couple of days.

It started with breakfast....



Humboldt Bay cod and sweet potatoes...



I love that agave ketchup!



Maple syrup and ice cream mix quite well.





Never quite expected Northern California beaches to be this inviting and warm.




Restorative Sunday dinner.

All weekend long I kept thinking, "Wow, things are really looking up. And everything was fine to begin with."

Thanks to friends, old and new for sharing the table, the spirit and the cherry beach spot.

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I don't follow directions well

I wanted Pad Thai. I wanted to cook it. I wasn't about to let a lack of ingredients or experience stop me. Pistacios worked for peanuts. Spinach replaced the bean sprouts. All from a recipe i couldn't follow on the back of the noodles box.

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Feeling like Summer

After a brief hiatus and a complete relocation, Cogito returns.

This blog is now based in the pastoral beauty that is Northern California. I am surrounded by rolling hills, green vines, fresh ingredients, knowledgeable cooks, and top shelf libations. I get my milk, rawand whole, from the nearby dairy. Our eggs come from under hens, not styrofoam containers.

This should be fertile ground for a food blog.

What better way to celebrate a move than with some old friends and a some new ones? The old friends: Sauteed spinach and a flank steak with Dad's old school marinade. The new was a recipe I ran across in one of my favorite vegetarian cookbooks, Fried zucchini and feta patties.

It was a good meal in a good place.

Look for future posts on organic gardening and my regrettable slide towards vegetarianism....

Spring Travel and Food

Cogito has hit the road.

While Atlanta has been good for food and fun, the time for a change has arrived.

But just because one has no kitchen is no reason to stop enjoying eating, cooking, and good friends.

Over the next several weeks, the food and fun will travel cross country, with the bow pointed west, eating and writing all the way.

The first stop was at the home of relatives in Michigan. The menu consisted of grilled pork tenderloin (imagine) with a blueberry maple syrup sauce, sauteed spinach (a Cogito favorite), roasted potatoes with rosemary and some grilled bread.


Upcoming cooking and eating destinations include Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City.......

This Omnivore's Dilemma

Prime or Choice? Grass or Corn Fed? Organic? Local? Dry Aged?


Yes, yes, and yes.

The more I learn about food, the more I understand that we just don't need beef that often. This simple reality makes me want to appreciate it when I do indulge. When I eat steak I try to do it well. This local dry aged rib eye was just the thing to cure my craving this weekend.

Given all the questions and the interest in the details of our food, these days, it can be difficult to make good, informed decisions. Saveur has a piece that helped me to wade through it all and also made my belly rumble. http://www.saveur.com/food_new_recipes.jsp?issueID=200706.

Enjoy your steaks...