No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Lactation Bars

November 1, 2020 Nora Dummer

In chapter 5 of Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot, a story is told of a man with five minutes left to live. Knowing this, he decides to intentionally divide his time into precious segments - two minutes to bid farewell to his companions, two minutes to examine his own life, and one minute to take a last look around. Recognizing that soon he would cease to be anything, he decides it fitting to concentrate on the glittering light emitted from the gilded spire of a distant church, willing himself to become one with it during the transition from life to death.

Three days out from the due date of birthing my first child, I feel a bit like this man…

(Recipe for No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Lactation Bars follows)

Creamy Cashew, Dulse & Miso Dip

September 16, 2020 Nora Dummer

Most people’s nesting urge manifests in building cribs and cleaning out closets. Well, our crib is still in pieces and don’t even get me started on the state of the closets. However, this doesn’t mean that I haven’t acted on this inevitable preparative cleansing - mine just looks a little different. 33 weeks pregnant, and my nesting urge has translated to food. Stocking my pantry with the most superist of “super foods”. Filling my freezer with bone broth. Cooking the most nutrient dense meals I can imagine. It’s like I’m nesting, but INSIDE MY BODY. The closets will just have to wait.

(Recipe for Creamy Cashew, Dulse & Miso Dip follows)

Pandemic-Inspired Cardamom-Rose Pistachio Butter

August 29, 2020 Nora Dummer

This pandemic has forced many of us to look inward. Maybe we’re exploring a new sense of self because we can no longer identify ourselves with a job, or scrutinizing our social tendencies because society is largely off limits, or examining our contribution to the entrenched and broken systems of our current politics. Or maybe, we’re simply looking inward into the depths of our pantries for something to eat.

(Recipe for Cardamom-Rose Pistachio Butter follows)

Drew’s Shrooms

May 17, 2020 Nora Dummer

Don’t be discouraged. It is what it seemed.

After much deliberation, I’m going to spare you. Spare you from waxing poetic about the weight of one’s final words, spare you from philosophical jargon of what it means to be alive, spare you from advice for how to love your loved ones, fully and without hesitation. I’m going to spare you from the pages I’ve written for this post. Trust me, it’s better this way.

I mean, Jesus, we’re just talking about mushrooms here.

(Recipe for Drew’s Shrooms follows)

Add some variety to nights at home, with a virtual cooking class.