A taste of ‘ino
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Restaurants, cookbooks | 3 Comments
For a friend’s birthday several years ago, she wanted to try out a little West Village Italian Wine Bar known for it’s bruscettas, tramezzinnis, and paninis called ‘ino. The tiny restaurant doesn’t allow reservations and, as a result, we had a long wait to get in. I hate long waits anywhere, and this was no [...]
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Posted on July 29, 2007 - Filed Under Mama's baby | 1 Comment
The past week has been a blur of refrigerator repairmen, work, a quick turnaround freelance project and finding every spare minute to spend with Will. Though I always spend as much time with Will (not being in the same room, but really doing things with him), this week I happened upon one too many newspaper [...]
Read More..>>Out of the Darkness
Posted on July 29, 2007 - Filed Under Mama's baby | 1 Comment
The past week has been a blur of refrigerator repairmen, work, a quick turnaround freelance project and finding every spare minute to spend with Will. Though I always spend as much time with Will (not being in the same room, but really doing things with him), this week I happened upon one too many newspaper [...]
Read More..>>Oh no! Not again!
Posted on July 22, 2007 - Filed Under rants | 1 Comment
Well folks, the fridge is acting funny again - the freezer is very much not frozen (thank goodness for the deep freezer in the basement) and the fridge is being temperamental. Let’s hope they can fix it (for good) when they come out on Wednesday. I mean really! This is just insane.
In the meantime, we [...]
Oh no! Not again!
Posted on July 22, 2007 - Filed Under rants | 1 Comment
Well folks, the fridge is acting funny again - the freezer is very much not frozen (thank goodness for the deep freezer in the basement) and the fridge is being temperamental. Let’s hope they can fix it (for good) when they come out on Wednesday. I mean really! This is just insane.
In the meantime, we [...]
OMG Radishes
Posted on July 21, 2007 - Filed Under memories, vegetables, vegetarian | 5 Comments
When I saw these two posts on radishes over at Kalyn’s Kitchen, I was intrigued but not driven to make them. But over the next few days, this one called sauteed radishes with vinegar and herbs remained on my mind. And when I say it remained on my mind, I mean I was virtually obsessed [...]
Read More..>>Nutella and Bananas
Posted on July 20, 2007 - Filed Under Pregnancy, sandwich | 3 Comments
A lot can be said about the power of suggestion. It’s amazing how an iota of innuendo can lead to big things. And it’s amazing how, for a pregnant woman, the power of suggestion can lead to an necessary but delicious dessert.
Last night, I was innocently sitting here in my home office working when a [...]
Kitchen Sink Mai Fun
Posted on July 19, 2007 - Filed Under pasta, rice | 2 Comments
Growing up, meals were pretty simple.
My grandmother favored menus with fewer ingredients and less fuss. Pork chops cooked in sauerkraut, or bratwurst, knackwurst or any wurst for that matter, were favorites. Sometimes we’d have lamb chops or a simple beef stroganoff (did I spell that right?).
But if were really lucky, she would spend hours in [...]
Making Strawberry Jam
Posted on July 16, 2007 - Filed Under preserving/canning | 3 Comments
I started this post several weeks ago before going on vacation. Unfortunately, time constraints forced me to set it aside. And now, after careful thought, I have decided not to give you a recipe to go along with it. At least not yet.
But making jam? Not that hard. Canning? Not that hard. And the taste [...]
Thank heavens!
Posted on July 13, 2007 - Filed Under rants, raves | 3 Comments
Late last night, on a special call out to our house, the repairmen from J&R Appliance in New Milford fixed my refrigerator. It was an ordeal - with a store that made promises they wouldn’t keep and a repair contract company who made mistake after mistake. But in the end, it was J&R who came [...]
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