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food
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food, holidays, recipes
Kiss me, I’m a river in Ireland!
03.17.11 | Permalink | 4 CommentsThis morning I told Callie that St. Patrick was the missionary who took Christianity to Ireland. I have no idea if that’s entirely true, and I didn’t have four hours to spend on Wikipedia, not that it would take that long to look up, but when you add in the seventeen other things I need [...]
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food, recipes
I will figure this out before I die, or . . . not
02.24.11 | Permalink | 19 CommentsI have tried several different things to solve the problem of “What’s for dinner?” I’ve tried making elaborate menus and I’ve tried buying what’s in season and experimenting. I wish I had what it takes (the flexibility, the commitment, the close-by foodie friends, and the desire to interact that much with said hypothetical friends) to [...]
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food, money, recipes
What’s for dinner
03.21.10 | Permalink | 8 CommentsI’ve finally gotten in the habit of shopping once a week around a meal plan. And now, of course, I can’t imagine how I managed not to go crazy before, running to the store almost every day for just one or two things that always turned into fifty dollars worth of crackers and “good deals” [...]
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food
“Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home”
09.29.09 | Permalink | 18 CommentsAt our inaugural Sew Day I darned and hemmed, and altered Mr. Bennet’s dress pants. (I won’t say which way I took them.) Mom and I shared the comfortable confidences that women have long shared over needles and thread. (I’ll remind you here that I refused to learn to sew when I had the chance [...]
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carnivals, food, recipes
Saag Shorba (Spinach-Curry-Tomato Soup) and Naan, Americanized beyond (almost) all recognition
03.06.08 | Permalink | 10 CommentsSoup is as forgiving, if not as forgetful, as a little child. Once, after a hard day — trust me, it was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day — I completely forgot myself and slapped Susan on the mouth mid-scream. She screamed louder (yep, that worked really well) and then threw herself into [...]
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blogging, books, exercise, food, health, motherhood, works for me
WFMW: It’s not about the journey
02.20.08 | Permalink | 13 CommentsI’ve just realized that there is a chasm-like disconnect between what I like to do and what makes me happy. I know, shouldn’t have taken me thirty years to figure this out, but, they say knowing is half the battle. Or is that admitting? What’s Step One? And why do I feel like the guy [...]
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blogging, children, food, recipes
My favorite muffins and fun with favicons (cooking! and blogging!) — Updated (I’ve always wanted to say that)
02.16.08 | Permalink | 6 CommentsDon’t worry. I don’t use endearments like ‘muffin’ or ‘cupcake’ for the people I live with. Though it is pretty irresistible when Susan is kind enough to inform me, while I change Spot’s diaper for the second time in 10 minutes, that We don’t eat poop. We eat corn. Or when Sally talks Susan into [...]
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