Birthday, greetings
Hello, hello. It’s been so long, I know. I have, for some time now, been longing to come here and share what we’ve been up to with all of you, and, well. You all know how that pesky time is. Despite...
View ArticleSummer Green
Not many people envy the suffocating August heat that cloaks southern Louisiana in a perpetual swirl of steam — of this much, I am sure. But with that steamy heat comes another sort of coat, a wild,...
View ArticleHello, hello, and Eggs for Dinner
Whew. What a year. How often I’ve wished that I’d found the time to stop in here and tell you more about it, but, as it turns out, this past year swooped in like a mother cat and snatched us up by the...
View ArticleThe Dinner Hour, and Thoughts on Soup
You all know the craziness which is our life; I have made no secret of the tightrope between home, work, home-work, work-at-home, marriage, parenting, etc. across which we madly dash day-in, day-out,...
View ArticleCause, and cake, for celebration
My best friend, maid of honor, and college roommate is having a baby boy in a month or so. Christy is one of those friends who has been in my life for so long that even though we haven’t lived in the...
View ArticleFinding My Repertoire: Carrot and Fennel Soup
In an attempt to create some meaningful patterns and routines in what might otherwise be characterized as a chaotic existence, I maintain rigidly to a few, basic rules: 1. no work on Sunday; 2. buy...
View ArticleTiny Miracles, and Sweet Corn Soup
I started this blog because I wanted a place to write about what I love, a place to record what happens in my kitchen, and a place to share recipes with friends and family and anyone else who might...
View ArticleWhen the watermelon turns to mush,
make granita! That’s what we’ve been doing at our house, anyway, and it’s keeping the end-of-summer doldrums at bay. For now, anyway. It isn’t that we’re sad to see the change in weather, or the start...
View ArticleFinding Inspiration (in a caramel-filled cookie)
Well, hello 2010. I am happy to see you. My good friend Kathryn, who used to feed my family regularly when she lived just blocks away but now lives in the lovely mountains of North Carolina, wrote me...
View ArticleWeekly Menu
I have had a lot of conversations lately with people who are trying to find a way to be more organized about cooking, so I thought I’d start posting our weekly menu plans again. I’d gotten out of the...
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