Dylan Ann Kavner
born 11-30-10 at 7:32am
5 pounds 13 ounces 20 inches
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Where have you been?
So, it’s been a while since my last post and many of you I am sure are wondering, “What in the world happened to Jonathan.”
The long and the short of it is:
1. Was in a snowboarding accident in Canada.
2. Needed emergency bowel resectioning surgery in Canada and was in the hospital there for six days.
3. Came back to the states with a sporty new ostomy bag which I had to wear for almost four months before having a second bowel resectioning surgery to hook back up my guts.
But after about six months of all this, I am happy to report that I am back in business, guts and all.
Great news from the backyard chicken front
It seems that there is growing support for backyard chickens in the Town of Huntington. Follow up on the progress that Tim Jurik and his family are making:
Fall/Winter
The season has definitely changed and those of you not wearing a jacket when you go outside are just plain crazy!
Now I know it has been a while since our last post, but things have been busy around the Kavner household, and besides, our cheapo digital cameras don’t visually represent what we’re cooking, so we may have developed a little bit of a complex about it. But excuses aside, I am promising to post two new recipes within the next week or so. One will be for split pea soup and the other for leek, mushroom and barley soup.
There’s something about homemade soup that really satisfies when the weather outside is nasty. Both of these recipes take a hella long time to cook, but the results are well worth the wait.
Mark Bittman owns the July 4th picnic
For those of you who don’t know, Mark Bittman is a food writer and columnist who writes the weekly column The Minimalist in the New York Times. For years he has always advocated a “just do it” approach to cooking, taking recipes that some people may be overwhelmed by and turning them into simple, easy to follow instructions.
He also creates these massive lists from time to time that include over 100 different “things” you can do; picnic ideas, simple meals ready in 10 minutes or less, appetizers. Needless to say, sometime on Thursday evening, July 3, I saw Stefani with his 101 20-minute Dishes for Inspired Picnics and a highlighter, so I knew that we were going to be in store for some major picnic-ing over the weekend.
I will leave it to her to go more in detail as to what was made, what was served and what accidentally hit the floor because the fridge was too full, but I will share with you this peaceful photo of the secluded beach we snuck away to with some friends for an afternoon of fun. Oh yeah, the pork/sundried tomato/garlicscape pesto rollups were bomb, as was the cold udon noodle salad, carmelized onion/ricotta/prosciutto pizza and the first peach thing to hit the floor.
Hope you had a great 4th of July!
Where have you been (Part 2)?
I know that I owe you all an explanation as to what has happened since our last post. All I can say for now is that a kitchen renovation can take a lot out of people, especially for a couple who cook all their meals at home from scratch.
The renovation took a lot out of me personally; stress and lack of home cooked meals caused me to get a little rubmly in my tumbly. All that processed food and takeout we had eaten to get through the renovation really played havoc with my insides and it has taken me a little bit to get back into the swing of things. Now that the kitchen is complete (at least everything except for the cabinet front to the dishwasher and a few pieces of molding), we have been cooking up a storm and haven’t written a lick of it down. I can tell you stories of crispy panchetta and pimento grilled cheese sandwiches, local halibut with a lemon-butter-caper sauce, asparagus and sundried tomato risotto…the list goes on.
But, rather feel like I am behind on my writing, I’m just going to start fresh. We’ve picked up our CSA share from Hamlet Organic Garden twice now, and Stefani and I have really enjoyed cooking with the fresh, local produce. Also, it doesn’t hurt that the farm is located in Brookhaven, real close to the Great South Bay. Can someone say fresh fish?
So, I promise to take some photos of the kitchen and a list of appliances so you can see what we’re working with. I also promise to show you some photos of the farm and what we pick up. It’s also important to note that the nature of this blog is going to change. While we used to just post articles and reviews of local purveyors, restaurants and food sources, we’re now going to be incorporating more of our home cooking into the site; providing recipes for meals that we’ve cooked for you to enjoy at home.
So, keep your fingers crossed and maybe it won’t be two months till our next post.
Where have you been?
Sorry it’s been a while since our last post. As you can see from these photos, we’ve been a little busy. I’ll follow up this week and next with a recap of:
1. Stefani’s 30th Birthday party
2. Our trip to Florida for Cousin Josh’s wedding
3. The completion of our kitchen renovation. Did somebody say double 30 inch GE Profile ovens with touchscreen controls?
Walls up!
As you can see, progress is being made each and every day. Electric was taken care of one day, and now you can see that sheetrock and spackle have been put up. Check back on Thursday once the painters are finished and we’re on our way to Saturday, for Stef’s birthday party!
Day two
Check out our brand new door!
Knocking down that wall between the kitchen and the dining room really opened up the place.
And we’re off….
No turning back now peoples. We are underway with our kitchen renovation and progress is being made. I met Eric and Lou this morning at Home Depot and came home this afternoon and found this:
