Posted in blogging, friends, small bites on Aug 25th, 2009
I have noticed, lately, a real crossover from the blog world to my real world, especially on the plate. The last two big-time food posts here at Simmer were designed for Summer Fest, brainchild of Margaret Roach, from A Way to Garden and The Sister Project. I loved having a directive: one week tree fruit, [...]
Lunchtime on the new kitchen bar. What. What? Like I’m the only one trying to build a better Stouffer’s French Bread pizza. Is it just a vain attempt to gourmet-ify and recapture the seemingly weightless bliss of my college snacking days, only to find I created one with more calories? Could I be the [...]
Posted in Chicagoland on Jun 26th, 2008
This AP story of an honorable Chicagoan and deep dish-deprived soldiers brought a little tear to this former Wilmette girl’s eye. It’s enough to make an uncoordinated girl like me want to join up. Obviously I’d be a worse soldier than Private Benjamin, but…I’m just saying. ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. – Retired Air Force Sgt. [...]
One night on our Paris trip, we suddenly had the urge to give our expanding middles and narrowing arteries a break from buttery soup and emmenthal cheese. We were wiped that day, with tired feet and little will to scout the perfect bistro. In an odd turn of events, we were ready for any dinner [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 14th, 2008
We carpool with my daughter ‘s friend Lilly. It’s just two twelve-year olds, but the morning chatter runs from amusing to why didn’t I take that codeine. When you drive to school, you are invisible. You are a pair of hands on the wheel. But you do sprout extra ears, and everything I know, I [...]
