Posted in Holiday, Josie, Lawrence, parties on May 11th, 2009
Either Sara’s Tell Simmer was riveting – it was – or I’m hidden deep in the kitchen, up to my ears in kugel. Guess what? It’s both. The laser focus right now is on Josie’s impending Bat Mitzvah, a seismic event counting down in three weeks. Were I a sane-type person, I’d either a) pay [...]
Posted in friends, Lawrence, small bites, writing on Feb 11th, 2009
On our way home from the airport Saturday night, Greg and I stopped for a late dinner out, somewhere with dim lighting and salty breadboards. Flush with being sprung from Vegas, it took just one glass of Chianti and some paper-thin prosciutto to relax, and the place was hopping. I spotted some friends a few [...]
Posted in Lawrence on Jan 24th, 2009
Two reruns in a week? Well, we’ve got out-of-town guests. And I’ve been cranking out scones, cookies, challah and deep-dish pizza to please them. Have I mentioned I’m a pleaser? It’s disgusting, really. Anyway – me standing in a kitchen with floury hands equals a rerun at Simmer. And since this one is not food-related [...]
So cold. It’s a blinding white glimpse of the obvious to say it’s cold, but there it is. Cold never used to trouble me – and in fact I still adore winter, and before that fall, and rank Kansas summer heat just above root canal. But the fact remains that I am freezing. While walking [...]
I enjoyed our fireside chat so much! The kind words, the laughs, all those hot toddies – seriously, a few more and winter will be positively bearable. After a highly scientific selection process – one that involved a roomful of 60′s computers and throwing beans in the moonlight – the winner of the Simmer Till [...]
