By Kathleen Daelemans
Photo by Dorie Greenspan
You didn't answer my IM.
You didn't answer my Email.
You didn't answer my call.
I sent you a Twitter.
I texted you a week ago.
Did you fall off the face of the earth?
NO. I'm boycotting technology for the rest of the summer. The thought of sitting behind a desk when I could be gardening, cooking, riding my bike, reading a book, swimming, contemplating grains of sand, or writing, actually writing, creatively which doesn't come easily you know and especially not when all my in-boxes are full, makes me want to purchase a one way ticket to paradise for the purpose of shutting out everything not originally found in nature. That's right. Gone fishing. Ta ta. See ya later.
If it doesn't require food, clothing, shelter, love, water, air or weather to survive, it's won't be invited to my fantasy summer cottage. A whole summer without a television, a computer an ipod, an iphone, a movie, a cord, a charger, a ringer, an instruction manual, or anything at all beeping mad at me. Heaven! Pure vanilla extract heaven.
If you have the means to make this happen for me, please reply. Will cook for kidnappers. Will cook for nice accomodations.
The reason all this fodder popped into my head in the first place is because I've been trying to find 17 minutes of peace and quite to devour a piece Nick Wyke wrote for the London Times way back in February if you can imagine, 50 of The World's Best Food Blogs. No, I didn't make the cut but one of my girl-chef-crushes did, Dorie Greenspan.
Ever the deliciously reliable chef with stacks of inspiring recipes written in her sparkling voice, of course her blog made the cut. Instead of showing you her name on his list, I'm using the opportunity to introduce you to her Buttermilk Biscuits.
She's the first to sing their praises, "I love this kind of convenience almost as much as I love feeling like a
genius because I can have something fresh-from-the-oven on the spur of
the moment." And I'm right behind her. What's not to love about warm, buttery biscuits?
Dorie's Buttermilk Biscuits, Zesty Pickled Cucumbers and Chunky Spicy Egg Salad
in Parade Magazine. Read Dorie's full article: Biscuits on Parade: A Recipe + A Biscuit Tip-Sheet
Other Blogs on Mr. Wyke's list of the top 50...
Simply Recipes - a humbly written, family website chock full of family recipes for the home cook.
Wild Yeast - for the inner white carb lover in me!
The Food Section - a pioneering weblog about food, wine, and travel.