Usually I go food shopping alone. Shopping with the family is fun, but we end up getting into accidents with the car cart while spending three hundred dollars on fancy cereal and sausage. And Rosie has a bit of a shoplifting problem. So I go alone, even if it means I have to go late…
indian pudding
I love holidays with all my being, but I usually don’t quite know what to do with them. By blood I’m half Episcopalian and half Jewish, but the Episcopalian ran off to be a New Age Guru in Texas early on, and the Jews decided that they would rather be Pagans and Buddhists and well,…
celeriac soup
Celeriac is so ugly. It is warty and rough. It looks like a large turnip with a serious disease. But it’s flavor is so delicate and refined, that it actually feels beautiful in my mouth. It feels earthy and designer and French. It will never look as beautiful as it tastes, not whole at least,…
a winner! and dinner party thoughts…
I know you’re dying of suspense, but before I tell you who won the fancy coffee maker, a few thoughts on dinner parties… For those of you who pay attention to dates, you may notice that the salon challenge date was yesterday, with no dinner party from me.I’ve been meaning to tell you that it’s…
pumpkin mexican hot chocolate
Today was so much better than yesterday. I love that. One bad day I can take, but two in a row is harder. The sun was out. Swine Flu seems to have left my husband, and everyone else is still healthy. My children read together until almost 7:30, without any interjections of “I won’t be…
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