New Year’s is rarely a big holiday for me. I never make resolutions, in part because I know I won’t keep them. You won’t see any 2009 recaps or 2010 resolutions on this blog. I hope 2010 will bring us all more happiness and less stress, which seems very promising. That’s about all I have [...]
Christmas is right around the corner now, and if you’re in a sudden panic realizing that you haven’t gotten all your gifts, never fear: there are a lot of quick, easy, and thoroughly impressive-looking foods you can make as gifts. I was snowed in on Saturday, and made a stunning amount of food (which I [...]
Our first all-vegetarian Thanksgiving (and our first Thanksgiving in our new house) was a definite success. Low-key and low-stress, we spent the day hanging around the kitchen: cooking, eating, cooking more, eating more. Not a bad way to spend a day off. Considering how adventuresome our menu was, I’m feeling proud – I’ve never made [...]
Thanksgiving’s around the corner, and you can’t step outside without bloggers and food writers sharing their Thanksgiving recipes with you. (And yet, everyone still seems to agonize about what to make – and tradition usually still wins out over fancy new recipes. Curious, that.) We decided not to travel this year – instead, we’re going [...]
If I were a good little blogger, I’d have posted about food gift ideas before Christmas, but instead I kept my silence so as to surprise my gift recipients, some of whom read this blog. But the results have been a big hit, so keep these in mind for your future gift-giving needs! Since the [...]
My grandma was a remarkable woman in many ways – not the least of which was her baking. When I was little, Christmas always meant a big tin of Grandma’s cookies, which we would happily devour. Whenever we visited her, there was always a cake or a pie made with fruit from her garden. Grandma [...]