Posted in blogging, fruit desserts, pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps, summer on Aug 18th, 2010
Have you seen the movie Waitress? It came out in 2007, but I never forget a movie in which pie takes a starring role. Keri Russell plays Jenna, a small-town diner waitress with a problem – she’s pregnant. And unhappy. She doesn’t love the baby’s father – her husband Earl – but does love her [...]
If you like: classic films, aspiring movie-critic teenagers and a good old-fashioned summer blog project, visit Take One Hundred. I just might know the blogger. I just might be the blogger’s chauffeur, alarm clock, snack provider, ponytail holder-buyer, chief room inspector and summer personal assistant. Also, her proud mom. Be sure to read the first [...]
Yes, I’m here. And no, I’ve not abandoned blogging. I haven’t vanished, nor fallen off the earth or into a ditch by the side of the road. Though certainly, I appreciate the concern – voiced by many of you dear souls – that I could be, I’m not. I am in fact just where we [...]
Posted in blogging, chef days, pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps on Jan 27th, 2010
The people have spoken, and the people like dessert. From seven food teasers in Random Acts of Blogness, the S’mores Tarts emerged victorious. My first thought was: “I have to…make those? Again?” But for you, I’ll fire them up. Just give me a few days – I have to make marshmallows, write a story, get [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, blogging, cake and cupcakes, chef days, family, pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps, soups on Jan 22nd, 2010
Here’s what they don’t tell you about blogging: it’s random. Crazy random. Unless you have a mission – you wish to share model railroad layouts, or describe one cloud shape per day – blogging is ebb and flow. What to say, what to cook – and why? One answer came from What Would Katharine Hepburn [...]
