Recent Posts Tagged With 'on food and cooking'

• Simple Celebrations

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 00:59 in friends, cake, foodstuff, on food and cooking, personal holidays

  I baked a cake today. I didn’t bake it entirely from scratch – the cake part was a Duncan Hines devil’s food cake – but I made the butter cream frosting from scratch, using the vanilla I brought home from Mexico. Mexican vani...

• Sleep, Write, Swim, Read, Eat

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 02:37 in on writing, on reading, on food and cooking, who needs sleep?

  “Are you alright? I haven’t seen any blog updates recently,” a friend said to me at church the other morning. I assured her that I was, just busy, and not feeling bloggish. In truth, I’ve been cutting way back on computer tim...

• Of Prunes and Chili Queens

  Posted on Sunday April 26th, 2009 at 01:40 in 100 Words, distilled moments, on food and cooking, geekery and other habits

  I turned into a prune in my lovely bubble bath tonight, reading Jennifer Weiner’s latest book (Certain Girls – see my review in the May 1 edition of All Things Girl), and half listening to Willie Nelson’s program about Hidden Kitchens o...

• Afternoon Coffee

  Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 23:55 in Dogs, General, on food and cooking, coffee cantata

  I stayed up late last night doing all the work I had for Monday ahead of time, so I could sleep late if I wanted to. Instead, I found myself awake an hour before our alarms. I turned on a soft light and cuddled under the covers reading and texting f...

• Hot Chocolate

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 18:29 in 2008, weather, elemental, on food and cooking, holidailies 2008

  A 2008 Best of Holidailies Selection. Thanks, Holidailies Reviewers! * * * * * My mother posted earlier today about the tradition of drinking hot chocolate on the 12th Day of Christmas (aka Three Kings Day / Epiphany), which she has adopted since ret...

• Really Rosie

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 22:39 in music, video, 2008, carole king, really rosie, sing a song, video killed the radio star, on food and cooking, holidailies 2008, youtube-verse

  In January it’s so nice While slipping on the sliding ice To sip hot chicken soup with rice Sipping once, sipping twice Sipping chicken soup with rice ~ Maurice Sendak/Carole King, “Chicken Soup with Rice” Really Rosie I was ...

• Disconnected

  Posted on Monday December 29th, 2008 at 18:13 in 2008, General, on writing, cookery, on food and cooking, holidailies 2008, writery

  I had an entire post written, then scrapped it because it was disgustingly whiny, and there’s enough whining on the web without me adding to it. I was supposed to have a Day of Writeyness, but instead I had a Day of Sleepy Grouchiness. I feel ...

• Making Messes in the Kitchen

  Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 17:52 in cooking, 2008, family traditions, on food and cooking, holidailies 2008, date-nut bread

  In the novel Little Men, one of Louisa May Alcott's sequels to Little Women there is a scene where Jo takes her niece Daisy into a special "toy" kitchen, albeit with a real working stove, so that she can "make messes" and learn to cook. I always want...

• Soup Weather

  Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 23:58 in soup, special projects, food & cooking, on food and cooking, i'm positive, positive!experiment

  Because I'm part of the Positivity Experiment this week, I refrained from my usual scathing-but-affectionate remarks about the level of sophistication his palate may or may not have, and said, pushing a smile into my voice, "I know this, but we need ...

• Grandpa K’s Turkey Stuffing and Gravy Recipe

  Posted on Wednesday November 26th, 2008 at 04:32 in tradition, thanksgiving, special projects, family recipes, stuffing, turkey recipes, on food and cooking

  I originally posted this on 22 November 2006, but when I went looking for my hard copy last night, could NOT find it. Thank goodness for saved archives and cached pages. I present this again, in case anyone needs it, and because I need to save it aga...