Archive for the 'Dad’s cooking' Category
Comforting Soup for a Sick Day
February 2nd, 2009by Caroline This is the time of year when we get sick. Whether it’s the weather (cold mornings and nights sandwiching hot afternoons) or our busy schedules, February always seems to be when this household is put on hold by illness. Lately, my son Ben has been suffering it all: first strep throat, then a [...]
Pasta Puttanesca, 2 Ways
November 25th, 2008by Caroline Thanksgiving prep is starting early this year as preliminary reports from my brother-in-law indicate that the rental house has an Inadequate Kitchen. So Tony and I have each made one kind of cranberry sauce, my mom’s brown and serve wheat germ rolls are rising, and the wild rice is cooking for the vegetarian [...]
Dessert, (urban) homestead style
November 18th, 2008by Lisa Unlike Caroline, I don’t bake a lot. We were joking the other day about our families and how although we have many things in common, there are some major differences. The fact that we eat meat for one. The fact–as she joked–that I’m going “going urban homestead.” I demurred, but she’s not entirely [...]
Daddy got mad, and then he made pizza, and he didn’t go to Mexico
October 9th, 2008by Lisa. With some perspective by Ella. On Saturday, I had another migraine. I took a nap. I woke up. I still had a migraine. Kory was supposed to take Ella and Finn to soccer while I cooked dinner in peace and let the medication work. Instead we had a fight. Someday Kory may tell [...]