Posted in fruit desserts, Kansas 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 the [...]
Hello, folks! Limeade here. Just hanging around the kitchen, and it sure is hot. Well look down there! It’s my French cousin, Citron Presse. Say hey to the crowd, Citron! Hmm. Citron is pretty, but shy. Maybe she needs out of that fancy cafe now and then.
Posted in Lawrence, Rock Chalk on Apr 8th, 2008
Yes, our magnificent Kansas Jayhawks won the NCAA National Basketball Championship last night. And yes, over 40,000 people – with us, 40,003 – poured down to Mass Street last night to party “like it was 1988″ – that’s when Greg and I were college students and the last time KU won a national championship. Surely [...]
Last August, the new old house needed a chimney, and as we are not third-generation bricklayers, someone else was going to do it. Builder Dan gave us a list of proposed subcontractors. He wanted Company X, or maybe Company Y, but he did not want Dick Chilton. As in, “I hope we don’t need to [...]
Posted in kitchen, Lawrence, new old house on Mar 24th, 2008
I know – I’ve sung the praises of our funny, edgy, delightful college town so many times. You probably think I want everyone to move to Lawrence, Kansas. But I don’t. See, I wasn’t the first to spread the word, and now many, many more people live here. Too many. We’ve seen bumper stickers that [...]
