every bite tells a story
Posted in Josie, fruit desserts, recipes, ten-word thursday, vacation on Aug 13th, 2009
Oh sure, you’re thinking, sure. Radio silence for a week, and then just ten words? Well, yes. But they are a juicy ten. You may recall that we just came down from Lake Superior country, and up there, everywhere, blueberries. Wild blueberries from green brush, tumbling down from Canada, blueberries not from the store, little [...]
Posted in Kansas, fruit desserts on Aug 4th, 2009
“Ginger Peach Pan-what?” Josie was howling. “You’re doing something called Ginger Peach Pandowdy?” Why yes. Yes I am. And then my daughter fell off the chair laughing. And then from the floor, faux-hillbilly. “Paaaan-dowdy!”
Very funny. Yes, it’s called Pandowdy, and yes, Ginger Peach sounds like she’s waiting tables at Dollywood, and yes, it’s [...]
Posted in fruit desserts, ice cream, summer on Mar 12th, 2009
Hello, readers! Still on the special-projects work break, which, between you and me and the blogosphere, is starting to get a bit muddled. Perhaps I’m lacking inspiration, or maybe I’m just missing the sound of your friendly ears. We’re headed to Chicago tomorrow for spring break, and there’s nothing like a road trip [...]
Posted in blogging, fruit desserts, pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps on Oct 15th, 2008
When you put yourself out there in blogland you get all kinds of feedback, including the kind you want (“love the blog!”), the kind you don’t want (“bo-ring”) and the kind you absolutely fear (“You suck. Why should I care about what you eat?”). Okay – I never got that last one. But it keeps [...]
Posted in chef days, fruit desserts, pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps, recipes on Oct 4th, 2008
I am standing at my in-laws’ dining room table, using a short serrated knife to hack through an apple-almond dessert, and my heavy bracelet keeps slipping down my wrist. I lean in to cut, bracelet whomp. Push it up, falls back down. Up, down, back, clonk. It keeps whacking the pastry [...]
