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Success! I ended up using Claudia Roden’s recipe, after seeing another blogger write about it, here. I don’t think these are the cookies of my childhood but, no disrespect to Aunt Edith, I do think I like them better. Now that I’ve survived making my first refrigerated/rolled dough, I am pretty sure that Edith . . . → Read More: i am the hamantaschen When we clean up for company, it’s as if the house perks up, like a dog that knows it’s been good and is waiting for a pat on the head. Kelly brought these fancy doughnuts from a shop in San Francisco. The box was plain brown cardboard. Inside, huckleberry-meyer lemon, bacon-maple, and deep-fried chocolate cake . . . → Read More: a beautiful day I’ve never baked a cake before. My husband doesn’t eat desserts or sugary things. The kid barely knows what cake is. But for some reason, I decided I wanted to bake, rather than buy, a cake for his birthday. Or rather two cakes, since he’s having two birthday parties. Birthday party the first is for . . . → Read More: if i knew you were turning one, i’d’ve baked two cakes This post could have many other titles: dinner for three easy low-fat cassoulet how i am so proud of myself… This morning, during meditation, I made up a stew recipe. (Yes, this may seem odd… one doesn’t control the direction of one’s thoughts in the kind of meditation I do. I have grocery shopped, problem . . . → Read More: i should start a baby food company There seems to be some controversy over the word dammit and it’s hurting our new friend Maggie who just wants to earn a little ad revenue. We’d like to start a let-Maggie-run-blogher-ads write-in campaign, but don’t really know how to go about it, or have the oomph to follow through. If you have an idea, . . . → Read More: blog, dammit Yes, I have been very busy with editing that book. A pregnancy journal/guide. It’s so much fun, and hard work, and I really hope it ends up being a wonderful book that I can be proud of and that helps people. And when I’m done, I’m really hoping that friend Laura and I will write . . . → Read More: the book(s), the stroller, his crib, and her chicken So, about that Psychic Chiropractor… Newer readers of this blog may have missed earlier mentions. Here are a few posts that refer: knowing and not knowing yet a-ha moment babycare class She doesn’t use the term. She calls herself a holistic healer. But she is a trained chiropractor, uses a “non-force” technique that . . . → Read More: how right she is As in, this is what was leftover from my amazing leftover-lamb stew. Mmmmmm. lunch tomorrow! And this is why I will probably never write a cookbook: Sweet ‘n’ Fruity Lamb Stew Chop and sweat one onion in olive oil and salt in a large dutch-oven type pot. Cut up a handful of prunes and . . . → Read More: the remains of the day |
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