Okay, for all you gourmands out there, skip this one and check back soon. But for you parents who feel that school mornings might just make you start to scream hysterically one of these days, I’ve got a secret.Do you have a slow cooker? Is it dusty? If you don’t have one, buy one today….
Archives for March 2009
The Great Tomato Debate: Solved and Resolved!
So, if you’ve been around here for a little while, you might remember the unbelievable and somewhat exciting mess that I made of many pounds of tomatoes last year. The question at hand was this: How does one successfully freeze a tomato? I’d had some failed attempts in the past that were horrible curdled tomato…
Rosie's Strawberry Shortcake
There are a few things that I cling to when I am trying to feel like a good mother. Today, both of my kids kept their braids in all day long. Looking at their neat little hairstyles made me feel like a good mother. Last week, they started swim lessons at the community center. Watching…
Rosie’s Strawberry Shortcake
There are a few things that I cling to when I am trying to feel like a good mother. Today, both of my kids kept their braids in all day long. Looking at their neat little hairstyles made me feel like a good mother. Last week, they started swim lessons at the community center. Watching…
the salon challenge
So you want to take the challenge? Here’s how it came about… A ways back, I heard an essay on the NPR series This I Believe, that I just couldn’t get out of my mind. Jim Haynes wrote about his weekly salons, dinners held in his Paris home for upwards of sixty people, all brought…