It takes a village
Posted in Grown-Ups: Recipes on Jun 8th, 2009
Growing up we had a rhubarb patch, and I loved it then and love it now. Anything sweet and tart (sometime, if you have some extra rhubarb, peel a stalk and dip it in sugar - my mom was very conscientious about our eating and this was one of the few times we had […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Jun 2nd, 2009
I am a big fan of Steve Parker’s stand at the Central Square farmer’s market and was so glad to see him there yesterday (last year he didn’t start coming to Central until later in the season). He was there yesterday with all kinds of early spring goodies - radishes, white turnips, spinach, chard - […]
Posted in Children: Health, Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Classes, Grown-Ups: Health, Grown-Ups: Recipes on May 20th, 2009
During my daughter’s first year of nursery school my lovely one year old son was still waking up a lot at night. Nursing had ended easily at 14 months, but despite my best efforts, he still woke up looking for me (and of course it was only me that would do - Daddy was sent […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on May 14th, 2009
Three o’clock many afternoons will find me in a distracted state - children have been collected from school, there is some sort of playdate supervising or extra curricular chaperoning or TV privilege negotiating going on in the foreground, and in the background I am spinning my mental wheels, trying to come up with a recipe […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Mar 23rd, 2009
Two posts in a row about dessert….Hmm.
My (nearly) six year old daughter’s defining personality trait may well be her stubborn devotion to a good idea. A bit of a cosmic joke to send such a daughter to a middle-child mother - but that’s what makes life interesting I suppose. Yesterday she was frothy and frenzied, […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Mar 18th, 2009
Lately I feel like anything that gets added to my kitchen repertoire comes with a big dose of “Well, duh,” as I finally get around to making something really simple that, as it happens, you can make from scratch in the time it would take to defrost or heat up the packaged version. It probably […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Recipes on Feb 28th, 2009
I have a crock pot. I have had it since I my wedding 12 years ago, but only began using it a couple of years ago. I don’t know if I thought it was the perfect accessory when I found myself a stay at home mom (like Dansko clogs and bright accessories to make […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Jan 9th, 2009
Until a couple of weeks ago, kale was one of those things I felt like I couldn’t really put across at home the way I had had it in restaurants. Braising and sauteing never quite matched my expectations….putting it in the soup was fine, but only used up a few leaves, and rest would languish […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Recipes on Dec 9th, 2008
Just in time for the holidays, try this easy and delicious almond torte as an alternative to the standard pumpkin and pecan fare. This recipe is one of my favorites because it is alway popular at dinner parties and , though it looks like it’s the work of an expert baker, it is simple as…pie.
Posted in Children: Entertainment, Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Sep 30th, 2008
We are nearing the end of the Pick-Your-Own season, and although blueberries and raspberries are lovely, my favorite season is this one: apples, pumpkins, pears, crunchy leaves and gorgeous colors everywhere! And then there’s the food that follows… As I write this post, I am snacking on warm apple crisp with hot coffee. What […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Recipes, Uncategorized on Apr 11th, 2008
I was a vegetarian for about five years during college, as was most everyone I know. Then I traveled around the world and was tempted by and eventually corrupted into the tasty world of meat. Brazil is what finally made me cave.
These days, I still entertain going back to my vegetarian ways, but I […]
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Apr 7th, 2008
I plucked this recipe from my FAVORITE cookbook in the world. No, it’s a William Sonama, or by some cute young British chef. It is from the Denver Junior League, and it is called Colorado Collage. Buy it, and you will never regret it because every single recipe is delicious and easy! And, you […]
