You feel more grounded after really good days like these. Certain. Reading the longer books aloud with a warm-bodied nephew and niece early in the morning. Crouched together and leaning back against the bedboard, small heads resting on your chest and small hands reaching up for ears and the softness of hair. A breakfast at [...]
I admit (what is it about all these admissions?) that I’m also an msn.com story-clicking junkie. The front page of Week in Review and Today’s Picks just has that right mix of interesting and short stories–the celebrity wonderwall, sports updates, insistent suggestions of how to navigate the financial markets, the salacious pull of relationship articles [...]
So S and I didn’t replicate the success of the first meal two weeks ago, getting only one vote for best dish earlier this evening. But those gathered around the table at my friend C’s house did seem to like the romesca sauce an awful lot, with that nice balance of taste and nuttiness with [...]
With the official arrival of the fall season, it’s that much better to be gathering in friend’s homes for individually cooked and collectively shared meals– even if the theme of the bi-monthly dinner plans over the next few months are, sigh, vegan-themed. C, this is all about you and your threatening manner… heh. Still, S. [...]
This Friday, the plan was all set, as further finalized through some surreptitious writing in the new academic plan book. (That kind of writing, I find, is absolutely the best). We wanted to make sure to get at least one full summer beach day–the destination planned to be Horseneck Beach, at the western end of [...]
I’m wondering if I should do one of those http://dooce.com/ threads now, where instead of writing about chuck the dog, or daily photos, I update about what I’ve got going on the grill.. yeah, I think that’s a good idea. So, the smell of my first whole roasted sweet potato (the sweetness), chicken thighs (nicely [...]
So my electric grill came yesterday, and I just finished putting the thing together– with only a minor wound from errantly squeezed pliers. Swept off the porch, plugged it in (what a concept!) and watched the thing heat up like no one’s business. Looking forward to the first food try this evening. The garbage people [...]
Results Show for Vegan Iron Chef Competition
When the spread between you and the winner is nearly 50% of your total accumulated point value, you know you’ve been beat. So S. and I, despite what I’d like to call a heroic last meal attempt with the preparation of a variety of the vegan spring roll recipe (c’mon, I even put enoki mushrooms [...]