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Goodbye to all that
September 29th, 2011By Lisa not much more al fresco dining Even though the temperatures here are still summerlike, and our markets are still full of piles of plums, rainbow swaths of tomatoes, giant bouquets of cilantro and basil, I am facing the end of summer and all that comes with it. This weekend, I will slow roast [...]
Social Shopping
March 5th, 2010by Caroline I love peeking in other people’s shopping bags and baskets. The other day a fellow Trader Joe’s shopper snagged my cart by accident and as I wheeled hers up and down the aisles, I marveled at what different groceries she found — it was as if we were shopping in different stores — [...]
Frozen Pesto Cupcakes
June 2nd, 2009by Caroline Every summer, I feel torn. The grasshopper part of me (do you remember your fables?) wants to gorge on all the varieties of stone fruit, gorgeous red tomatoes, tender peas and sweet corn, all the bright colorful variety of fruits and vegetables that remind me that even when it’s cold and foggy in [...]
Life is a bowl of…
May 26th, 2009by Lisa All of a sudden, it seems, the stone fruit is in the market. We have peaches, plums, apricots–and big, sloping piles of bright red cherries. The cherry season is short, and very sweet. And while we have a cherry pitter, and sometimes use it (ice cream, tarts, once in a red wine reduction [...]
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 [...]
De Gustibus: Kumquat Marmalade & Veggie Bacon Sandwich
March 7th, 2009by Caroline Sometimes I think about this phrase, “learning to eat” quite literally: who first learned how to break through all the artichoke plant’s thorny defenses and found the fleshy ends of the leaves, and the sweet, tender heart? How many people became ill from eating rhubarb leaves before someone learned that the stems are [...]
Have Beef Will Braise
February 25th, 2009by Lisa One thing I’ve learned doing this blog: food styling is hard. So don’t let the slipshod photo above deter you. This is an amazing recipe that came together one rainy afternoon last weekend. This is done with beef ribs, but I suspect the flavors would be just as good if you substituted some [...]
We might not have Paris…
February 23rd, 2009by Lisa Not long ago, on a family trip to San Francisco, Ella, Finley, and I found ourselves staring at the counter of a French bakery, at a pile of croissants. They didn’t know what they were, and as I explained to them the wonder that is a croissant, I found myself telling them not [...]
Dinners Everybody Likes: Sushi
January 20th, 2009by Caroline In the spirit of the day, we took a vote on our celebratory Inauguration Day dinner, and sushi won. It’s one of those modular meals that everybody likes because each can tailor it to his or her own taste. Of course in this house, it’s all vegetarian sushi; all I can tell you [...]
Dollars and Sense, one mother’s manifesto
November 21st, 2008By Lisa With the economy in freefall, and no real end in sight, many of us are thinking about money and our weekly budgets, and how to save where we can. I’ve heard people talking about bundling phone, internet, cable, getting rid of their landlines, adjusting their car & homeowners insurance–all in an attempt to [...]