Food by the Gearhead's Wife

Musings on cooking for a mechanic with a discerning palate

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16 Oct

What to cook an Ambassador

Europe is f%*king expensive. [wife edits: in case you missed it, that’s percent star expensive – sub in whatever beautiful artifact you’ve just been looking at and multiply it’s price…

23 Sep

White Knuckling it in France

We’re home after three weeks away in England and France. The Gearhead and I planned this vacation over several years: a week in England visiting family and the London sites,…

19 Aug

Breakfast of Champions

“Why don’t you make normal jams, like strawberry? Why does it always have to be some weird hybrid? “I missed strawberries this year” I guess he didn’t read that post.…

06 Aug

Mojito Magic

Fixing cocktails is mandatory around here, where you’re liable to trip up on an extra vehicle or two you know you didn’t discuss purchasing. Something cool and refreshing that softens…

21 Jul

Strawberry Affairs

I missed the strawberries this year. It’s the second year this has happened. Harvest days came and went and I spent those days dutifully at my desk at work, optimistic…

07 Jul

Friend of Fear

Can she write about broccoli, a casting call and a racecar all in one post? Of course she can! She’s the gearhead’s wife; part superhero, part peon to mediocrity. She…

19 Jun

Great EScapes

Ah Montreal. Likely the only city that could seduce me to enjoy watching auto racing. It surprised me how I enjoyed watching the cars move around the circuit. It intrigued…

04 Jun

All I Owe Myself: Asparagus & a Roadtrip

Once in a while, over the last seventeen years or so, the Gearhead asks me to go somewhere with him. Kind of like a date. It makes me feel that…

15 May

Mother’s Day and ANZAC Biscuits

Early Sunday morning I lay in bed deliberating. The week’s dishes weren’t washed. No pots were clean. The kids wouldn’t do the washing up, mostly because they’re too short to…

29 Apr

Many layers: have your cake and eat it too

Gearhead: “Do you want to see my new helmet?” Wife: “Sure” [don’t ask about the price tag – wife bites her tongue – bravo wife!] Gearhead hands wife a large…

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