But I wouldn’t want you to think that oatmeal was the fallback, the “Oh well, none of my fancy desserts turned out, so I guess I’ll just write about boring old oatmeal again–maybe no one will notice as long as I photograph my trusty orange Le Creuset” kind of post. Because there is nothing boring…
kitchen
I’d like to introduce you to the new kitchen.Everything is still shifting around. The drying rack isn’t mounted to the wall over the sink yet, the counters are temporarily (yeah right!) made of plywood, and there are no pulls on the drawers. I have far more spices than anyone should ever have, and I can’t quite…
salmon fish cakes
I’m totally that mom these days. I’m the one who sighs when you ask me how I am, and then I say, “busy! crazy! but good!” Then I run, literally run, to my next thing. Sadie asked me this morning if I have a meeting tonight. “Nope, I’m with you.” I told her. “Yay!” she…
olive oil and sherry pound cake
The children are rebelling. They say, “no more soup, mom!” and I say, “tough cookies.” Soup is what we’ve got, and after all that’s what I went to all the trouble for, freezing buckets and buckets of soup so that right now, when the book was almost done and all I was making was pudding…
teaching peace
Yesterday, Joey woke up with a very clear mission.In Denver every year there is a march on Martin Luther King Day. Every year of his childhood, and every year that he has been in Denver, Joey has been at that march.Yesterday he wanted to honor the day with the girls. He searched for some way…
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