This week, I asked the girls to pick some of the hundreds of violets in the yard, so that I could finally candy them. Every year, I want to candy the violets, and then the time passes, or Joey mows the lawn, and I lose my chance. So the other day, there I was, with…
beef bulgogi
There’s a cookbook that has really taken over around here. Let me first say that my relationship with Martha Stewart has been a little topsy-turvy, to say the least. Martha and I first met when I was maybe sixteen, when my fancy aunt in Mill Valley was trying to teach me the skills that she…
swap
Yesterday, Joey and I hopped in the car, crossed the state line, and made our way to Troy, NY for the From Scratch Club food swap. The FSC had invited me to give a little talk and to sign books during the food swap, but I had an ulterior motive. I had read about their…
friday reading
About that haircut. She wanted bangs, and I said no, because she would just want to grow them out, so Rosie took matters into her own hands. Miraculously, this has happened only once before in our household. This time, it was subtle, just a stubborn little spike sticking out near her left temple, and when…
friday reading
About that haircut. She wanted bangs, and I said no, because she would just want to grow them out, so Rosie took matters into her own hands. Miraculously, this has happened only once before in our household. This time, it was subtle, just a stubborn little spike sticking out near her left temple, and when…
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