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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
This Week's Playlist & Podcast
Yet another episode of Dr. John's Record Shelf is now available as a podcast. Below are the featured songs, and by clicking here, you can listen to a full recording of the program.
23 Minutes in Brussels, Luna
23 Minutes in Brussels, Luna
Woken by Noises, Ultimate
Painting
Jasper, Hooton Tennis Club
I'd Go the Whole Wide
World, Prissteens
Sometimes I Don't Need to
Believe in Anything, Teenage Fanclub
We Come From the Same
Place, 'Allo Darlin'
Nightingale, Norah Jones
Call Mr. Lee, Television
Nick, Songhoy Blues
Comin' After Me, The
Flamin' Groovies
Out of L.A., Dollyrots
Don't Wanna Lose, Ex Hex
Love to Love You Baby,
Donna Summer
Dan Blocker, Gurf Morlix
Brother Love's Traveling
Salvation Show, Neil Diamond
Sister Golden Hair, Jill
Olson
Billions of Eyes, Lady
Lamb the Beekeeper
Everybody's Happy
Nowadays, Buzzcocks
Hour of the Dawn, La Sera
Hadacol Boogie, James
Luther Dickinson
Most Likely You Go Your
Way and I'll Go Mine, Patti LaBelle
Long Way to Hollywood,
Steve Young
Alone Again Or, Matthew
Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Dolls (Sweet Rock and
Roll), Primal Scream
I'm Looking Through You,
The Beatles
Astral Man, Gore Gore
Girls
Mezcal Road, Joe King
Carrasco & El Molina
Farmer John, The Premieres
You Never Can Tell, Chuck
Berry
The Return of Farmer John,
The Salas Brothers with the Jaguars
Bye Bye My Love, The Chips
Monday, September 28, 2015
Soup Diary 150928
One of the most popular features on my old blog, Dr. John's Journal, was my soup diary which reported on my varied encounters with, well, soup. When I started that feature, I was regularly dining at a couple of places that always had something new to try, and I was adventurous and figured it would make a nice writing exercise to try and say something clever or original about my discoveries. I didn't carry it over to this blog mainly because those places changed chefs or something, and stopped being worth frequenting-- the soup, to put it bluntly, stopped being interesting enough to write about (big difference between something like African Peanut or Sweet Potato Poblano on one hand and Broccoli Cheddar on the other). But, I've decided to revive the diary because I want to brag a bit about something I made over the weekend, and figure I may want to do so again periodically.
About a week ago, a friend gifted me a very large squash from their garden. When I say large, I mean really large-- at least a foot long and about ten inches around. It was a nice gesture, and I didn't want to appear ungrateful, so I accepted it even though I'm not a big fan of squash. It sat on my counter for over a week while I considered what to do with it. After awhile, I remembered a really good squash and apple soup I had enjoyed several years ago at the Old Hotel in Twin Bridges, MT-- one of the truly fine dining experiences in this region (I probably wrote about it on the old blog). So I started looking up recipes in my various cookbooks, but couldn't find anything that seemed a perfect match, or for which I had all the necessary ingredients. So I decided to improvise. I roasted the squash, and while that was cooking I boiled a diced yam in chicken broth and sauteed some onions, red peppers, carrots and garlic in butter. Almost all of the recipes called for ginger, but I don't really like ginger very much, so I replaced that with some cumin along with salt and pepper. Eventually I combined everything in a big pot and let it stew for awhile, then blended it with a half cup of cream. I had no idea how this would turn out-- not one of the recipes called for yams or red peppers, but I figured that those were things I liked, and it seemed like they'd fit with the other ingredients. I'm pleased to report that the final result far surpassed my expectation, which is a really good thing, because that squash was really big (I may have mentioned that already) and I ended up with a lot of soup, which I'll now be enjoying for the next week or so. In fact it turned out so well, that I'm planning to try some other concoctions, which seems a good reason to bring this diary back to life. I'll be sure to let you know how the next experiment turns out.
About a week ago, a friend gifted me a very large squash from their garden. When I say large, I mean really large-- at least a foot long and about ten inches around. It was a nice gesture, and I didn't want to appear ungrateful, so I accepted it even though I'm not a big fan of squash. It sat on my counter for over a week while I considered what to do with it. After awhile, I remembered a really good squash and apple soup I had enjoyed several years ago at the Old Hotel in Twin Bridges, MT-- one of the truly fine dining experiences in this region (I probably wrote about it on the old blog). So I started looking up recipes in my various cookbooks, but couldn't find anything that seemed a perfect match, or for which I had all the necessary ingredients. So I decided to improvise. I roasted the squash, and while that was cooking I boiled a diced yam in chicken broth and sauteed some onions, red peppers, carrots and garlic in butter. Almost all of the recipes called for ginger, but I don't really like ginger very much, so I replaced that with some cumin along with salt and pepper. Eventually I combined everything in a big pot and let it stew for awhile, then blended it with a half cup of cream. I had no idea how this would turn out-- not one of the recipes called for yams or red peppers, but I figured that those were things I liked, and it seemed like they'd fit with the other ingredients. I'm pleased to report that the final result far surpassed my expectation, which is a really good thing, because that squash was really big (I may have mentioned that already) and I ended up with a lot of soup, which I'll now be enjoying for the next week or so. In fact it turned out so well, that I'm planning to try some other concoctions, which seems a good reason to bring this diary back to life. I'll be sure to let you know how the next experiment turns out.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Saturday, September 26, 2015
A Day in the Pioneers
I went out this morning to look for some Autumn colors. Montana is no match in that department for western New York, but I found plenty to see and photograph nonetheless. Here's a sampling of my work from this morning.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Arcade & Attica RR
One of my favorite days last summer involved riding the rails between Arcade and Attica with the Caufields. Here are some of the pictures taken on that trip.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Chicago Black & White
Some street scenes and cityscapes in monochrome from my recent visit to the Windy City, mostly from around Millennium Park.
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