Picstitch

Spring! Wherefore art thou, spring?! Sigh. Inch-thick ice and snow is all that we've got here and a leaden gray sky that hangs there for what seems like time immemorial. But! It is Friday and my husband returns tonight! So there is much rejoicing here nevertheless. Tonight there will be Game of Thrones and homemade schnitzel and a daddy giving his little boy a bath and I just can't wait.

Here are some photos from Instagram this past week: Hugo's sweet little ears, the snow-covered view, a corner of my living room that makes me feel good, and lazy-(wo)man's apple strudel (apple chunks sauteed in butter, cinnamon and sugar, then rolled up in three sheets of leftover phyllo dough and baked at 350 until brown and crisp).

Elsewhere,

The New York Times has a new recipe column! I love it already.

I found the German edition of this cookbook at the thrift store yesterday for €0.99 and almost shouted out loud. (It's amazing.)

Chocolate pudding made for and by children.

A woman in the audience of my Berlin book reading was bemoaning the lack of pupusas in Berlin. Meanwhile, I'd never eaten one in my life. Now that I've seen this, though, that's going to be rectified right quick.

We're having friends over for a long, cozy Saturday lunch and I'm thinking of making a big pot of chili tonight so I don't have to cook tomorrow morning. This looks incredible, though I'm missing many of the chiles required. This one looks slightly easier and comes from Robb Walsh himself.

Pourable caramel icing? What?

Loving a new-to-me food blog called butter tree. Want to make everything she writes about, starting with the crullers and the rillettes.

Self magazine just published a sneak peek into Gwyneth Paltrow's new elimination diet cookbook, which sounds like it'd be deprivation station, but the recipes don't actually look all that different from the way many of us cook these days. I plan on trying this soon.

Homemade English muffins: intimidating or challenging?

And finally, always and forever, I heart NY. (Via Nat the Fat Rat)

Have a lovely weekend, folks!

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26 responses to “Friday Link Love”

  1. mllelobster Avatar

    That sounds good! love the light in your pics, and those ears in effetc…!

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  2. Ilka Avatar
    Ilka

    Hugo is the sweetest boy ever. So ein hübscher Junge! Adorabile! Mama von zwei bellissime bimbe (12 today and 10 y.o.)

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  3. Omar Avatar
    Omar

    Have a great weekend too! I’m going to say that English muffins at home are challenging and fun to try.

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  4. Clara Avatar

    Love, love, love! Thank you for the links, and for the pretty pics. Just looking at that living-room corner makes me feel good too. Happy weekend!

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  5. Wendy Avatar
    Wendy

    English muffins at home are not hard! But that is a weird recipe for them. English muffins are not baked, they are griddled. I strongly suggest searching out the recipe from The Cheese Board Collective’s cookbook; that’s the one I use, and theirs are the ones I buy, and they are super. If you can’t find it, I can send it to you.

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  6. A Plum By Any Other Name Avatar

    butter tree, she is just fabulous, isn’t she?! I made rye bread last week and we’ve been comparing notes back and forth about it all week. Her food is always so fun and inviting. You can tell she knows her stuff.

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  7. A Plum By Any Other Name Avatar

    P.s. I made these English muffins a few weeks ago and they were wonderful! (They are super simple if you have a griddle.) (Per Wendy, sounds like I also need to check out The Cheese Board Collective, as well. Can never have too many nooks and crannies.)
    http://www.aplumbyanyothername.blogspot.com/2013/02/buckwheat-english-muffins-and-punkys.html

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  8. Denise | Chez Danisse Avatar

    Oh my goodness. I must have that Pecorino Fried Bread With Broccoli.

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  9. Amy Avatar

    Ohhh I love butter tree! Katie is the best. Glad you found her blog. 🙂
    PS: Hugo’s ears. I die.

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  10. Mindy Avatar

    I tried the chocolate pudding from 101 Cookbooks a week ago and I absolutely loved it! Who knew that something so unexciting like chocolate pudding could be tastey.

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  11. Angela Avatar
    Angela

    The NY time lapse is wonderful. Thank you!

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  12. Gerlinde Avatar
    Gerlinde

    I have been with my mother near Göttingen for the last two weeks and the weather was fun for the first week but I am ready to go back to sunny California on Wednesday,brrrrrrrrr .
    Have a wonderful eek end, chile sounds good.

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  13. Rebecca Richmond Avatar

    Thanks for the link to my site! I love your site, and when I read your book it made my MONTH! The chili recipe is not completely Robb Walsh’s recipe; his is far more authentic than mine, and his recipes are amazing! However, it is very heavily based on his. . .

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  14. Marie @ Little Kitchie Avatar

    Homeamde English muffins are totally worth it! I eat one almost every morning for breakfast, so when I started making my own it saved a ton of money, AND they taste way better in my opinion!

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  15. Jennifer Jo Avatar

    If you find a good English muffin recipe, let me know. I’ve tried and tried to make them and they never get exactly right—with the perfect chew and craggy holes that I’m envisioning. (Here’s my tale of woe. http://bit.ly/ZhYyEY They LOOK good, but…) (Maybe I’m too picky?)

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  16. ann Avatar

    I’ve read a lot of people ragging on the Gwyneth book, but I’m with you, I don’t think it sounds half bad, especially as someone who can’t eat dairy and doesn’t really like to eat that much meat. I agree that some of the photos are dopey, but I though it was rich that Eater made fun of her for suggesting people buy a Vitamix blender because it costs so much. I mean, if April Bloomfield had suggested it, they’d be alllllll over it. Anyway, .

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  17. Wendy Avatar
    Wendy

    It struck me that I should mention that, although I do own a griddle, I often just use my elderly electric skillet, and it works a treat! Buckwheat sounds like a nice twist on the concept.

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  18. Tram_cat Avatar
    Tram_cat

    I really like your Links Love posts. Lots of gems in one spot!

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  19. dervla @ The Curator Avatar

    Game of Thrones, eh? Love it. Have a wonderful weekend with your boys.

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  20. Luisa Avatar

    Oh man. Max turned me on to it and now I’m totally addicted, although it’s so scary! I’m such a wimp. xx

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  21. ashley Avatar
    ashley

    you do know that wherefore means why, right?

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  22. Luisa Avatar

    I do, actually! I was attempting (and apparently failing) to be witty about the fact that this spring (since I wrote this post a day after the “start” of spring) is frigid and icy and gray and horrible instead of what I was looking forward to or hoping for.

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  23. Suzy Avatar

    Wow, still snowing huh? Pretty incredible. We should be back Wednesday morning unless my father and husband (who have been conspiring for weeks) manage to re – route us through Jordan…

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  24. Nuts about food Avatar

    I thought these homemade English muffins I found on a blog looked pretty impressive and really authentic. Check them out!
    http://www.abuckscountykitchen.com/search?updated-max=2013-03-24T13:03:00-07:00&max-results=1

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  25. Luisa Avatar

    Wednesday, as in the day after tomorrow? Yay! Call me when you’re back. xo

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