For some reason, pie crust has been coming up a lot lately. “I just can’t do pie crust!” I kid you not. I have heard this four times in the last week. I wouldn’t call myself a pie crust master (if only I were master of anything except this mess!), but I no longer get…
orange soy braised pork ribs
I’ve been thinking about my grandmother a lot lately. Maybe it was Turkey. She loved to go to interesting places, and while her friends would go hang out at their condo in Florida, she and my grandfather would be off on a folk dancing trip to Bulgaria. When it came to travel, she was a…
rosie
Today, Rosie is five. A few days before Rosie was born, we had an ultrasound. She was a solid ten days late, and my midwife just wanted to have a peek in there to make sure she was okay. She was big and ready, and her form was so much clearer than what we had…
vanilla pudding, or why mason jars are sometimes cuter than children
A few days ago, a little gift of a picture arrived in my email. The photo was taken at night, with dinner cooking on the stove in the background. On the counter stood 4 perfect little mason jars, filled with tapioca pudding. The sender of the photo had prepared the pudding with her son, and…
how we do it around here
Every Christmas morning, we wake up and go into the woods. It is a tradition that we created for ourselves, and we hold on to it. Driving home from the year’s designated spot, we see everyone going to church, and we know that we have been somewhere too, celebrating the day and all that it…
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