Archive for the 'On Food and Cooking' Category

Jul 18 2009

Simple Celebrations

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 vanilla is darker, more syrup-y, and not as sweet as the vanilla extract [...]

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Jun 16 2009

Sleep, Write, Swim, Read, Eat

“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 time lately. My eyes and brain need the break, I’m still very tired, and [...]

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Apr 26 2009

Of Prunes and Chili Queens

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 of Texas, or some such thing. There was mention of Chili Queens, and they [...]

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Jan 12 2009

Afternoon Coffee

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 friends, but then I’d had [...]

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Jan 06 2009

Hot Chocolate

A 2008 Best of Holidailies Selection. Thanks, Holidailies Reviewers!
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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 retiring to Mexico several years ago. I still live here, but I’m all about [...]

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Jan 04 2009

Really Rosie

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 seven years old when I was first introduced to the Carole King/Maurice Sendak musical Really Rosie, not by [...]

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Dec 29 2008

Disconnected

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 like I can’t connect to any of the projects [...]

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Dec 13 2008

Making Messes in the Kitchen

Published by MissMeliss under 2008, On Food and Cooking

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 wanted to be Jo, never Daisy, but I always wanted that kitchen.

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Dec 02 2008

Soup Weather

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 something heartier to go with soup, so go to the bakery in the front of the store, where the wood-fired ovens are, and pick something that looks interesting.”

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Nov 26 2008

Grandpa K’s Turkey Stuffing and Gravy Recipe

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 again anyway.
Turkey Stuffing and Gravy Recipe,by Edward F. [...]

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