This week, I keep thinking of the first line from Little Women, in which Jo says “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” except that I keep substituting the word “tree” in place of “presents.” I’m a little short on Christmas spirit so far this year. I think it’s a combination of the move (Although…
I love pumpkin, and I believe fall just isn’t complete until you’ve had pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, and one of those iconic coffee drinks, the pumpkin spice latté. Last fall, my colleague Tom brought a platter of his wife’s pumpkin bars to work, and I immediately fell in love. They were moist, more like cake…
When I was a little girl, we had a pear tree in our back yard. Every autumn, the pears would ripen, fall to the ground, and lie rotting in the grass until someone picked them up so that the grass could be mowed. This chore often fell to me. I learned to dread the inevitable…
Admittedly, there’s a place in the world for Campbell’s tomato soup. Maybe a few places, even. The college dorm room. The bachelor pad. The school cafeteria. But not your kitchen. And not mine. Why? Because delicious-beyond-words homemade tomato soup is just so easy, there’s no excuse for Campbell’s. It requires only a handful of simple…
Meet Liliana, the newest love of my life (and Eli’s). She’s the main reason I’ve done such a crummy job of updating this blog for months on end. She’s the brightest spot in our lives, making us into a family the way only a child can. We sing, dance, sleep – and even eat –…
I don’t know exactly when I started to like guacamole, but I remember being grossed out by just the sight of it as a kid. My mom had a guacamole-colored glass chip and dip set, the kind where the dip bowl perches on the side of the chip bowl via a little wire contraption. She…