The Pelican Pantry

There are two servings of paella in the fridge. There's one or two of beef stew. And I'm making chicken pot pie — serves 6, I reckon — for dinner tonight. So tomorrow night: leftovers. I've done fairly well in reducing the amount of food I cook each evening now...

The Great Muffin Experiment, No. 5 (Jump to the Recipe) I've lost about 40 pounds this year through the only real "scientific" method of weight-loss: CICO — Calories In/Calories Out. That is to say, I've taken in fewer calories than my body has used. Now that I'm weightlifting, however, I'm...

Now that it's fall, I'm hoping that I can spend more time baking cookies. This spring and summer, the fruit CSA has kept me busy making cakes and pies and crumbles and the like. And those are all delicious, don't get me wrong. But I love cookies. I'm toying with...

The Great Muffin Experiment, No. 4 (Jump to the Recipe) I'm a big fan of The New York Times Cooking, and I happily pay for a subscription to the website/app. I enjoy browsing the recipes; I even like the recipe recommendations, in part because they seem to operate off of...

The Great Muffin Experiment, No. 3 (Jump to the Recipe) I'm only a couple of bakes into this project, and already I am faced with the question: what the hell am I going to do with all these muffins? Ideally, everything goes in the freezer, and I thaw a couple...

The Great Muffin Experiment, No. 2 (Jump to the Recipe) I have always paid some attention to my nutrition. Growing up, my mother made sure that every dinner had a protein, a starch, and a vegetable, for example, as well as the requisite glass of milk for my brother and...

The Great Muffin Experiment, No. 1 (Jump to the Recipe) Sometimes when I bake cupcakes, Kin will call them "muffins" just to annoy me. "They're cupcakes," I insist. "Are they?" he'll tease. Are they, indeed. What exactly is a muffin, and how is it different than a cupcake? Or is...

I'm starting a new project, one I'm calling The Great Muffin Experiment. I'm going to document some of it here — and perhaps eventually it will become a standalone website (or subdomain). The project grows out of my 2021 turn towards a more healthy lifestyle: I've quit drinking, for starters....

I have been quite remiss in keeping this blog up-to-date, which is a shame considering "food" has been a major focus on my life lately. No doubt, I have put a lot of energy into what I cook and what I eat in order to distract me from my deep,...

For the past three or so weeks, we have had dinner delivered to the house every night — or almost every night — thanks to the kindness of friends who want to support me following Isaiah's death. It's been a relief, no doubt, to not have to cook. It is...