Archive for the 'fast food' Category
Ode to the British Sandwich
July 12th, 2009by Caroline I love sandwiches. Although I will eat a nice salad for lunch, or keep you company with Thai noodles or a rice bowl, just as breakfast is cereal for me, all I ever really want for lunch is a sandwich. In Paris, the sandwich is all about the baguette–as it should be, of [...]
And Only in Legoland, Windsor
July 6th, 2009by Caroline As Lisa made clear with her post last week, the rules are different on vacation. We stay up later, sleep in (or so we hope), and we indulge in sweet treats and extra snacks — and so it is for the kids, too. Now I’ve always been a milk shake and ice cream [...]
Kohr’s Frozen Custard
July 2nd, 2009by Lisa One of the iconic things about any childhood is ice cream, and we had a local shop in my home town that had no rivals, but when we went down the shore we always flocked to Kohr’s Frozen Custard stand on the boardwalk. In 1919 the Kohr’s brothers pioneered soft serve style ice [...]
Simple.
May 1st, 2009by Lisa In 1854 Henry David Thoreau wrote, “Our life is frittered away by detail” and called for “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a milion count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. ” It’s [...]
Cooking Without a Kitchen
April 28th, 2009by Lisa My friend Alicia and her husband like to eat. They also have 4 children, ranging in age and appetite from preschool to high school. They are also renovating their kitchen, which, like most major renovations, is taking longer than anticipated. So, when I ran into her this weekend, Alicia said, only half-joking, [...]
Surviving First Grade
March 11th, 2009by Lisa Or: Surviving 3 months of Migraines. Or: Surviving Afterschool without Insanity. Or: Getting Dinner on the Table. Fast. Or: What to Do About Dinner When You and/or Your Children Just Can’t Cope. The adjustment to first grade was hard for us. Ella loved school–more than ever, really–but she was also completely exhausted by [...]
My Kids Love the ’70s, & Yours Might, Too
February 10th, 2009Or: Real Kids Do Eat Quiche Or: Lisa Owes You a Meatless Post by Lisa Yes, we absolutely ate quiche growing up in NJ in the 1970s and early 1980s. My sister and brother sort of hated it, but I didn’t. I don’t remember when my mother started making it, likely around the same time [...]
Simple Spaghetti
January 16th, 2009by Lisa This recipe is easily one of my favorite recipes for spaghetti. It’s quick, simple, and can be made with what you likely have in your pantry on any given day of the year. The blend of garlic, anchovies, a good olive oil, and tomato paste creates a rich, garlicky, slightly nutty sauce that [...]
Things That Keep
January 15th, 2009by Lisa Confession: I’m a little crazy when it comes to cooking, even on weeknights, and sometimes I do things that are more involved than I have time for. But I also like to keep things around that are delicious, and which I can just pull from the refrigerator on a moments notice, which can [...]