Posted in family, seafood, sketchbook on Apr 12th, 2010
Every season’s change, like pollen surfing a breeze, new readers float toward Simmer. I don’t know if it’s warm air, light rain or laptop-friendly sun, but something about spring equals something new to read. So welcome new readers, pull up a chair. And ice cream. You’d think the best welcome mat would be a shiny [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, seafood, sketchbook, vacation on Mar 30th, 2009
We saw a movie years ago in which a housekeeper, played by Helen Mirren, dryly notes that she has the “gift of anticipation.” She knows what people need – or will need – long before they do and is attuned to the next requirement, be it refills or discretion. As she resigned herself onscreen, I [...]
Lately I find myself struggling with a certain aspect of this food blog thing – the recipes. Now I love cooking, and it goes without question that I love eating. I could talk about it all day. Look at it all day. How about eating seafood all day?
