Posted in breakfast & brunch, fruit desserts, recipes, summer, wordless wednesday on Jul 20th, 2010
I recently tossed this together as a brunch side to lox and bagels. Minted fruit is hardly a novel idea, but standing in the drowsy Sunday kitchen, still in pajamas and part cutting, part eating drippy fruit, I thought eh, it’s summer. The season begs for no thought and less effort, falling back on old [...]
If you like: classic films, aspiring movie-critic teenagers and a good old-fashioned summer blog project, visit Take One Hundred. I just might know the blogger. I just might be the blogger’s chauffeur, alarm clock, snack provider, ponytail holder-buyer, chief room inspector and summer personal assistant. Also, her proud mom. Be sure to read the first [...]
Posted in Josie, family, fruit desserts on Jun 6th, 2010
Josie turned 14 last week. A teenager. Of course she was a teen last year, being 13 and all, and possibly even before that at 12, which I recall as spiked with previews. Still – if 13 has training wheels, then 14 speeds away. You can let it run you over, and you can also [...]
Somewhere between the food world and today’s would-be plans, I sold a lot of greeting cards. Yes. Greeting cards. When a writer friend suggested I’d “enjoy short form” – code for attention span? – I quickly studied the racks, and eventually sold to major companies. I wrote funny cards, pun cards, happy cards, sad cards, [...]
Are your friends playing ding-dong-cucumber? As in, ring the bell, dump the cukes and run? Do your pals sheepishly hand you armfuls, whispering “make pickles. Please?” I’ll just bet the big greens are rolling off the counter, filling your backseat, and hogging the fridge. I don’t even try growing cucumbers. My vegetable thumb is so [...]
