kitchen – Ruth E. Hendricks

Julia Child’s Kitchen Guest Blog

Oh I wish I were there in person but my son Matthew and granddaughter Prema were in Washington DC. He filmed a short video and I captured a few screenshots from it. Here’s a link to the National Museum of American History Fact Sheet about the exhibition. She donated her Cambridge Massachusetts kitchen to the museum in 2001.

The **Garland** stove, details in the Fact Sheet.

If you’d like to see a few closeups of the objects (a Pyrex measuring cup, the “Forkery”, a ceramic fig, cat and fish prints from the walls etc) in her kitchen you can click the museum’s search pages here

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: american history, family, guest blog, Julia Chiid, kitchen, museum, photography, postaday, travel, Washington DC 6 Comments

Silent Sunday

September 5, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: Gloucester Blue, grapes, kitchen, photography, postaday 4 Comments

Recipe from Joanne

From I Dream of Dinner so You Don’t Have To by Ali Slagle

The second time I made it I used green lentils instead of red. Seemed to hold shape better. Serve on toasted buns just as you would their cousin Sloppy Joe.

July 18, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cooking, food, kitchen, lentils, photography, postaday, vegetarian 5 Comments

Still celebrating

A guilty pleasure which many don’t understand. Pouring milk on cake. Usually I’d do it on a stale piece but this little piece was still fresh.

Here’s a 14 second video of milk being poured over a piece of Trader Joe’s Lemon Sheet Cake atop a nest of juicy blackberries.

July 9, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: birthday cake, blackberries, food, kitchen, milk, photography, postaday 4 Comments

Filling the Sugar Bowl

Do you keep a sugar bowl?

A friend was coming for coffee today and she enjoys a bit of sweetness in her coffee.I was filling my old Fostoria sugar bowl from my maternal grandmother as it doesn’t have a lid .

I drink my coffee black these days and although I love coffee ice cream I don’t add sugar to my hot coffee.

July 6, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: coffee, Fostoria, glass, kitchen, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, sugar, sugar bowl 12 Comments

The Power of Suggestion

My friend Tookie texted the other day that she made French Toast with a loaf of Mancini Bakery Twist bread. Hmm.

I had part of a loaf from La Gourmadine I bought earlier in the week. I sliced it. And this morning I thought yes, I need to make French Toast. Thanks Tookie.

Italian or French bread? It’s all delicious.

May 16, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cooking and eating, French toast, kitchen, La Gourmandine, Mancini Bread, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 3 Comments

Easy Egg Pan Clean Up

I heard about this method of cooking eggs so they don’t stick to the pan.

1. Heat your pan

2. Heat your fat (olive oil and butter)

3. Pour in beaten eggs (one minute video I filmed) click to watch

This is after the eggs are on the plate.
A pretty clean pan

April 23, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cooking, cooking eggs tip, eggs, food, kitchen, photography, postaday 8 Comments

Farm Fresh Eggs

Saturday I helped out with Sheep Shearing day at Flower Hill Fleeces Farm.

Skirting the fleece with Rachel
of **Tableten Podcast** fame.
It was chilly in the barn.

At the end of the day, I was given a dozen farm fresh eggs from their chickens. Thanks Jodi. You can let the eggs sit on the counter until you wash them. Then they need refrigeration. I washed two and put butter and olive oil in my omelet pan to fry them up.