I’m going to level with you.I just wrote a nice and informative post about how to host a dinner party, just like I promised.It was zippy. It was to the point. It was helpful.But it also kind of was bullshit.Because you and I both know that I’m not quite sure what I’m doing. And I…
on dinner parties, ond oven explosions, and other matters
This is what my oven looked like, about an hour before people were supposed to show up the other night for the dinner party. Half of the meal had yet to go into the oven. Yes, that is glass. Very hot glass. Okay, so here is a word of advice to you. You decide to…
late night soup
Did you know this ginger trick? That ginger will shed its peel without argument if you take a spoon to it?Remember it. You’ll need it tomorrow. Tonight I’m making soup. It’s late, Joey’s got a fever again after a week of health, and I’m making soup for a work party tomorrow. He’s sad and sick…
how to get your kids to eat vegetables
Oh, I’ve got your attention now, right? Maybe there are a few of you whose kids will eat everything. Good for you. In fact, I used to be one of you. When Sadie was little, we would tell her that we were having kale for dessert, and she was thrilled. Maybe it was the birth…
sigh…. macaroons
Well, I made macaroons, sort of.I’m not sure what happened. No lovely rise? No perfect little feet?Some of them didn’t even make it at all. What I did make was not unpalatable, but oddly enough seemed also to be Brussels Cookies, which I have made by mistake before. Whoops. I seemed to have all of…
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