every bite tells a story, every dish is delish
Posted in Holiday, Let's Cook, Let's Eat, My So-Called Life on Dec 31st, 2008
As the mother of a twelve-year old, the word popular has come up more than I’d like to hear it. My dear girl started junior high and suddenly began spouting bits like “so-and-so, they’re popular,” or “oh, well she’s popular,” and me, I developed chronic nausea. Popular.
“It’s a big who says, Josie. Who says they’re [...]
Posted in Holiday, My So-Called Life, Uncategorized on Dec 25th, 2008
Let’s start by noting that a) I celebrate Hanukkah, and b) I have a hard time saying “no.” In the baking world, these facts gave me star power every holiday season - I could work late, I could say yes, and most shamefully, I was dying to play Christmas elf. Could I wrap all the [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, Holiday, Let's Eat on Nov 29th, 2008
Saturday, 1:36 pm. How’s it going with those leftovers?
While Josie and Greg watched KU beat Missouri, I stacked a few Turkey-Bacon-Cranberry-Swiss Clubs.
And now, we are down to only one enormous leg.
Perhaps Henry VIII will just come on over and finish things off?
If you wish to build your own, here’s the sedimentary diagram of the [...]
Posted in Holiday, Let's Cook, Let's Eat on Nov 28th, 2008
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Right now I am unable to think or write about food - well, at least for a little while, before my cranberry alarm goes off and demands another plate. Until then, please enjoy this useful and delicious rerun, specially selected by the flashback gods for the day after Thanksgiving, [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, Holiday on Nov 26th, 2008
…and through the, er, traffic. Like so many of you, we’re taking this show on the road today, headed a bit north and bringing not one but two kinds of cranberry sauce with us.
Josie noted that it didn’t look like enough, but that’s only because she eats more cranberry-related items than any human I know. [...]
