Kitchen Note: The Return Of The IK

Never, ever, tempt the tooth fairy by publicly announcing how very well you feel post-oral-surgery.

The past two weeks–three weeks?– are a blur. Suffice to say the Insufficient Kitchen turned into the Insufficient Sickroom, with your hostess lurching blindly from bed to dentist and back again. One CT scan, a second oral surgery,and a deluxe-sized bottle of Ibuprofen later, I am slowly inching toward what passes for health around here.

These photos? While no recipes involving squash or apples are in the offing, they offer more in the way of eye candy than prescription mouthwash. Especially when you mess with the saturation….

Thank you for reading. Stay tuned for mini-brownies, brined pork belly, rasam, and coping with the holidays, IK-style.