This is a summer heat advisory. Please be advised that the interior of Cheryl Katz’s home has reached 90 degrees on a cooler day. Due to adverse conditions caused by a home most likely built primarily of asbestos (which Julia Child recommended as a heat retention device for baking French bread in the First Edition of Mastering, Volume II), the Jew and Julia kitchens are on temporary hiatus.
Nope, we don’t have central air. I’ve confined myself to cooking projects that require ten minutes of heat or less. Even then I’ve been coming out of the kitchen dripping. We’re eating a lot of salads, pasta, raw salted tomatoes and of course ice cream.
I promise to get cooking again when I’m all done melting. In the meantime, another post is in the works, but it likely will not be ready before Shabbat tonight.
