Once upon a time I wrote a cookbook with my husband Robert. We received a nice advance, a tight deadline and a new laptop. I toiled on the content, staying up late after serving guests nightly at Krause Dining. We turned in our manuscript on time – all 300 recipes. We were told months later…
Hello my friends…
The last time I posted to The Chef’s Wife it was 2012. In those three years Robert and I have moved further out of the restaurant business; the only food operation we currently have is an interest in is The Burger Stand at the Ale House in Taos, New Mexico. So much has changed in…
Let’s not be reasonable…
I cut out a quote years ago from Gourmet magazine written by Ruth Reichl that is taped to my computer in my office. It reads: “Moderation in all things is a mantra we’ve been hearing a lot about of late. It is healthy. It is sane. It is morally correct. It is also very boring….
Tough Cookie
Searching for a delicate way to describe a difficult personality, I recently called someone a tough cookie. It hadn’t occurred to me until that moment what an insult that expression is – to both the person and one of my favorite treats. I mean, who wants anything to do with a tough cookie? A cookie…
Chicken soup, meatloaf and apple pie
Recently after an emotionally taxing day my husband Robert wanted a childhood favorite – tomato soup with cheddar cheese and toast. It’s sort of an unconstructed version of grilled cheese and soup that his mother made him and is a dish he described as a ‘comfort food’. It holds no comfort for me however, which…
Baby’s Got Sauce
I saw something in the grocery store recently that gave me pause – sauce for dog food. It was in a bottle that looked like barbecue sauce, you know, the kind we humans like to ladle on our brisket. The contents of this bottle however were designed to improve the dining experience for our dogs….
New Beginnings
I’d love to write more, but I’m busy – The Burger Stand at College Hill in Topeka is open! Meet Sam, our proud first customer on Thursday night. Thank you Topeka for the opportunity – we are feeling your love!
What a relief!
I’m home from an extended period of hard work, the kind of hard physical work that I have not had to do in a while. I have not exactly bounced back. I am tired and I am feeling, well…old. There is nothing startling about this, my next birthday is the big four-0. What is startling…
‘Tak’ for Reading This
I don’t know about you but I generally like to keep my insecurities lurking below the surface of everyday life. Sure, a whif of the cologne a high school boyfried wore (the one I bought for his birthday the week before he dumped me) may dredge back adolecent feelings of insecurities, but usually I avoid…
Obsolete?
I received a new phone for Mother’s Day – a shiny touch screen hand-held computer that I have finally learned how to use (sorry if I accidentally called you in the last week). The arrival of this new equipment in my life ushers in the realization that I will no longer need some of the…
Molly Krause Creates 