OK, I have to admit a few things here. I’m a little bit done with food. I’ve been cooking some, eating a lot, and I’m starting not to feel so hungry. I’ve got a bunch more cooking to do this week though, so I’m working on getting my appetite back. My children, however, are having…
chocolate blocks with giner and cranberries
Are you feeling gift stress? I suggest that you channel this into baking and sweet making. The sweets will be fabulous gifts, and eating them will ease your stress as well. The whole thing is pretty cost effective and you can be sure that your gifts won’t go unused. We’re on our second snowstorm in…
Soup of the Week: Chicken Soup with Dumplings
So there are these nights when I have usually had the day to myself and things are going pretty well. I’ve gotten dinner out before everyone has turned into hungry monsters and usually there are candles. And my husband gets water for everyone and beams at me across the table. And these are the nights…
Fancy Thirty
Today I am thirty, and although I thought I would be at work today, instead I am home in an ice storm and therefore able to share my birthday here a little bit. I’ve been thinking lately about how much I like small things that make me feel fancy. We live on a very limited…
Raw Milk Yogurt
I’ve been making yogurt for about a year now, and I thinking I’m ready to put the system down on paper (or screen if you will). This is my yogurt maker. It is a Eurocuisine YM100. You can buy it from Amazon. It costs about forty bucks, and trust me it’s definitely worth the ten…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 