Dawna Read

@riverofcrows

Reader, Writer, Eater, Cook. She/Her.

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Dawna Read@riverofcrows· 21d

After vacation we're always craving vegetables, so tonight's dinner is my version of Seven Vegetables Couscous. I use my own preserved lemons, ras-al-hanout, and extra cumin and pepper for seasoning. 🍜🍽️

A mound of couscous on a blue and white plate, topped with Moroccan-inspired stew of chickpeas and seven vegetables (eggplant, red onion, carrot, cauliflower, zucchini, red bell pepper, and butternut squash).

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· 24d

Mandatory Helados La Valenciana post. But what is the flavour? Mascarpone with a ribbon of tocino de cielo (aka heavenly bacon) named after the dessert of the same name — primarily a thick mixture of egg yolk and sugar. 🍜 🍨

A small cup of high quality Spanish ice cream. There is a thick swirl of golden through the white ice cream. It looks like caramel, but it is really tocino de cielo in pourable form.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· 25d

More delicious Asturian food! 🍜 #Foodsky

Squid croquetas, black with ink, in a green rectangular dish. One has been bitten into, revealing the inky interior, and is being held above the plate in a paper napkin.

Cecina de Lyon — dried beef shavings, with little twisty crunchy breadstick things, on a green rectangular plate.

Paper thin slices of dry morcilla Iberico sausage shingled on a wooden board.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· 25d

Oops, I did it again🎶 🎵🍜

A hand clutching a torrezno (crispy pork belly with crackling) above a bowl of the same.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· 25d

It's always a good idea to learn how to properly pronounce the names of the foods you enjoy, but I would also probably order torreznos just because it's fun to say. Also, yum. 🍜 #Foodsky

A rectangular plate of torreznos (fried pork belly bites with crackling) alongside a row of coarsely mashed mixture of potato and rutabaga, heavily seasoned with pimentón until orange-coloured.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· 25d

A little light holiday reading 👹 💙📚 #celsius232

A trade format paperback of "the twisted ones" book by T. Kingfisher. The book is being held above the black-clad surface of my lap.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· 28d

More Asturian goodness🍜

Artichoke hearts with a lemony sauce on an oval plate with crispy jamón on one end and a few rippled potato chips on the other.

4 Albóndigas with gravy on a rectangular plate, with some veggies on one side and a few fries on the other.

Cachopo de la casa. A big, thin piece of veal stuffed some sort of cheese, and flash fried liver, and topped with crispy jamón. Unusually for cachopo it is not breaded. There are some fries on the side, and a couple of pepper strips.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· 28d

A nice slab of empanada de cecina y queso de cabra.

A slice of empanada de cecina y queso de cabra, showing layers of dark pink cured beef, white fresh goat's cheese, and red tomato in a thick, buttery pastry, resting on a paper bag on someone's hand.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· 28d

I missed Spain. It's lovely to be back! 🍜

Grilled octopus, potatoes, well-dusted with pimentón, on a round wooden plate. There is a similar plate in the background holding padrón peppers.

A heap of grilled padrón peppers on a round wooden plate.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· Jul 5

Oh no, I made another dutch baby breakfast 🍜🍽️

A golden brown, nicely risen dutch baby pancake, fresh from the oven and still in its skillet, sitting on one corner of the stove, with a yellow and a green daisy motif plate in the background.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· Jun 27

Maybe they did, maybe they didn't but they sure as hell didn't make THAT pizza. They stole the post, text and pic from @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social

A new Bsky acct stealing someone else's pizza photo AND post text about a pizza, presenting it as if it were their own.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· Jun 22

I did a fair bit of cooking over Midsommar weekend, but took almost no pictures. Here's the one photo I did manage - Saturday morning breakfast.

Salmon (Gravlax) benedict with a modest amount of hollandaise and a small spinach salad beside it, all on a small red plate . In the background is a glass of sea buckthorn juice and a green coffee mug.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· Jun 17

A mostly white cat, Iggy, with a grey tail and markings, being a cutie pie, lying on his side clasping one back leg in his forepaws, head tilted at a quirky angle.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· Jun 14

Breakfast! This uses up the last of the Spoonbread (which I froze to keep it safe until today) warmed up and topped with poached eggs and jalapeño cheese sauce (using up some sliced jalapeños). I love it when a meal finishes off something & saves it from languishing. 🍜🍽️🥚🍳

Two poached eggs perched on a square of spoonbread, draped with jalapeño cheese sauce, all on a red plate with a daisy motif.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· Jun 13

Honey, have you seen the cat?

A most white cat with a grey tail and markings is crouched down in the hallway pretending he's invisible behind the edge of the raised hardwood floor of the living room. Behind him is a black patterned carpet and in front of him is the edge of a red patterned carpet with a fringe.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· Jun 11

Some cheddar cheese scones for the breakfast potluck at work tomorrow. 🍜🍽️

A rack of ten freshly baked cheese scones sitting on a black stovetop. They are golden brown and flecked with orange cheddar chunks.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· Jun 10

It's a plant I'm familiar with from a little book called Flower Fairies of the Summer, with illustrations and poems. I've had this little book since I was very young indeed.

An open paperback book showing an illustration of a fairy dressed as the wildflower Bird's Foot Trefoil on one side, and a little poem about it on the other.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· Jun 8

Comfort food dinner tonight. 🍜🍽️

A bowl holding a scoop of ground beef chili and a slab of spoon bread with a bit of butter melting on it, being held over a dark red sofa and a wooden floor. There's a fork resting alongside the food in the bowl.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 30

Dutch Baby du jour. I'm not saying I'll never get tired of these, but it ain't happening anytime soon. This one has prosciutto cotto, white cheddar, and chives. The golden yellow colour is purely from the eggs (well, and maillard intensification). 🍜🍽️

A dutch baby pancake in a steel skillet resting on a black glass stovetop. The sides are high and golden brown, and the edge looks wonderfully crisp.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 29

This little weirdo ❤️

A mostly white cat with a grey tail has wedged his head and upper body into the corner of a wood-floored room with his feet hanging over the threshold of the hallway, which has black and white squared flooring. He appears to asleep.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 29

Here's a few couscous based lunchboxes from my collection (details in the alt).

Four lunch boxes, inspired by bento styling, demonstrating different lunches you could make with a base of made-ahead couscous.

Box 1 has Couscous, baked chicken thigh (curry seasoning), finely diced cucumber, tomato, yellow bell pepper, and spiced sweet potato coins with a bit of sliced green onion.

Box 2 has Couscous, Berbere-spiced chickpeas, diced tomatoes, diced cucumber, crumbled feta, sliced avocado.

Box 3 has Couscous, boiled egg, diced yellow bell pepper, avocado, and spiced roasted sweet potato coins.

Box 4 has Couscous, Caribbean curry spiced chickpeas, finely diced cucumber, yellow bell pepper, crumbled feta, spiced sweet potato coins with sliced green onions, and diced dried apricots.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 23

Okay, but Grandma's going to be a bit upset you used ALL her best tablecloths for this. 👗

A gaudy tiered/flounced sundress with narrow staps on a mannequin in a store window. The colours are mostly shades of orange, pink, and cream. Each flounce has a completely different pattern, and the entire length of the dress is ma series of flounced tiers.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 22

Spotted fungi I've never seen here before in the park today. 🍄🍄‍🟫

A few multi-lobed clusters of bright yellow fungi on a mature willow trunk beside a lake.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 19

This is a cat check point: relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone.

Iggy, a mostly white cat with a grey tail and markings is lying curled on his side with the top of his head mashed into my butt.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 17

The rest of the meal! Pita bread and tzatziki made by @palleh.bsky.social

A dinner table set for two, with four skewers of pork shoulder souvlaki on a plate, a casserole of eggplant, zucchini, red bell peppers, onion, garlic, chickpeas and tomato, topped with feta, a bowl of Halkidiki olives with chili, a big bowl of tzatziki, and a plate holding six freshly made pita breads.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 17

I don't have a grill, but I do have a grill pan, and it makes for a pretty tasty pork souvlaki situation. 🍽️🍜

Four skewers of marinated pork shoulder souvlaki in a grill pan on the stove. They've just hit the pan, so the top is still pinkly raw, and you can see flecks of fresh chopped rosemary here and there.

Four skewers of marinated pork shoulder souvlaki piled on a dinner-sized plate. They've got dark golden brown grill marks across them.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 16

One hour into an on-camera dance rehearsal, and has my eyeliner budged even a fraction? No, no it has not. 💄👁️

A close-up of a woman's eyes, as she looks over the tops of her eyeglasses. There is a sheen of sweat on her face, but her black eyeliner has not smudged or feathered.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 16

I know, I know, another dutch baby. But they are just so satisfying to make! 🥹 We usually top ours before it goes in the oven, usually with cheese and other savoury things, but this is the beauty base zero version, which will be dressed with fruit preserves at the table. 🍜🍽️

A tall and gloriously golden dutch baby popover pancake, fresh from the oven in a steel skillet, sitting on a black glass stovetop. Behind it, two plates await their portion.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 15

Spring chicken stew with ramson-flecked drop dumplings and asparagus. There's a dry Riesling broth, fistfuls of tiny green peas, and both fresh thyme and tarragon. 🍽️🍜

A wide, shallow china bowl full of a brothy chicken and bacon stew with peas and herbs, topped by two fluffy, herb-flecked drop dumplings, and five spears of steamed asparagus arranged in a fan shape on one half of the bowl.

Dawna Read@riverofcrows· May 14

Iggy's birthday is today! He's 8. He's not a lapcat. This is how he likes to share couch space, doing slow acrobatics against a human, or lying on a wide pant leg, where available. 🐱🎂