Catering
Every year I put together these little Valentines Day Dinner Boxes. Orders come in from all over the country and on that special day, I drive around and surprise people with them. It is such fun, one of my favorite days of the year to …
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by http://www.soulemama.com/
I know, I know, I should have read this book about 15 years ago, but I didn’t and I have been carrying it around with me from apartment to apartment, dorm to dorm and house to house since. Now, I’m pretty sure I will always love my fiction, the mini vacations and escapes from reality they provide within the pages. And I know I will always love my cookbooks, a fascination of mine since girlhood. But lately, I have really been gravitating toward memoirs. I love to hear about other peoples realities, in their own voice, and getting a different perspective on life. I always try to 
read something current, something related to my field and then a classic in that cycle. So where does this fall? I’m not sure, but I made an exception. (Bonus points to read a book and then watch the movie and so I’m excited to see this soon). The book is based on a young gal who goes to live in a facility for people with mental illness and or personality disorders. It is a recap of her daily life under supervision and all the characters she meets and befriends. It was a good book, entertaining, foreign and quick to read. However, I am eager to start my next.
This recipe is SO simple, you can’t not make it. Here goes… Brown a pound or two of VT sausages (I like Sweet Italian) in heavy bottom dutch oven. Add this stuff… (vegetables, onions, garlic, lentils) along with …
Daddy-O’s Birthday French Macarons Yield +\- 36 macarons (Loosely adjusted from Martha Stewarts version: http://www.marthastewart.com/318387/french-macaroons) 1 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar 3/4 cup almond meal 2 large egg whites, room temperature 1 vanilla bean (optional, kind of) Pulse 1 cup of the confectioners sugar and …
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
Inspiration borrowed from: http://www.soulemama.com/
Valentines Day Dinner Boxes! Perfect for loved ones and great as a secret gift (we deliver locally). A wonderful treat and thoughtful surprise for a couple with a new baby, an elderly friend, someone who just had surgery or has been ill. Order on facebook …
I recently read this book at the suggestion of my husband, who heard the review on NPR and came directly home to tell me about it. Coming from a small immediate family, I have no sisters or closely related female cousins. My mother was an …
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Idea from http://www.soulemama.com/
Lazy Sunday family supper… 2 cans artichoke hearts, drained with liquid reserved, 1 can left whole, once can rough chopped 3 pounds sunchokes, scrubbed, peeled with a vegetable peeler and cut into 1-2 inch pieces 1 pound red potatoes, scrubbed, peeled with a vegetable peeler …