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 [...]
Well hello! Nice to see you. Cold out there, eh? Nope, winter’s not getting me down, no sir. I’ve got apricot rugelach in the oven, a roaring fire, and, oh look – two steamy lattes. Chocolate sprinkles on that? I thought so. Comfy now? Good – first, let’s talk about popularity. I raised the idea [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast & brunch, Josie, recipes on Jan 6th, 2009
Here’s the thing: I don’t love Jell-O, and most of America does. I’d bet that even foodie elite, people who’d never be caught with a two-tone wiggler, dig strawberry banana when no one’s looking – I believe it. There are distinct groups of Jell-O lovers – 50′s kids who grew up with it, like my [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, family, recipes on Dec 18th, 2008
When a person is down – in general, in trouble, or in mourning – friends say things like “take care of yourself,” and by all means I agree, take care. But how? Some friends say this in summary, a tag line at the door. Wearing winter coats and tying on scarves, they hold you by [...]
Josie put in a rabid special request. In honor of the teen vampire movie “Twilight,” which she hasn’t seen yet and will surely expire if she doesn’t, she requested that I re-run her favorite post, in which we discuss Stephenie Meyer’s books and I make a few meatballs. I am still a little hazy on [...]
