An Open Letter to Mother Nature

Posted on October 16, 2009 - Filed Under Thoughts | 2 Comments

Dearest Mother Nature,
I am a big fan of your work–Brandywine tomatoes? Genius! Basil, rosemary and lavender? Amazing. Tulips, lilacs and forsythia? Lovely. So, it’s with the deepest appreciation that I write to you. Really, I think you are great at your job.
But recently, I’ve been really concerned. You’re erratic behavior lately has me downright worried. [...]

Goodbye, Gourmet

Posted on October 6, 2009 - Filed Under Thoughts | 4 Comments

The post I had planned for today on my canning activities over the weekend will now appear tomorrow.
When I heard the news this morning about Conde Nast’s decision about Gourmet magazine, I was heartbroken. Gourmet is the apex of quality food writing – having lived, breathed and exuded all things food since 1940. It [...]

What I Did Today … Craftbar and Starbucks Via

Posted on September 30, 2009 - Filed Under Restaurants, This Week, Thoughts, Top Chef | 1 Comment

Let’s take a break from cooking for just one day. I really want to tell you about what I did today, but I will forewarn you — I was invited to this event, a product launch. It’s not something that I generally talk about on this blog, but it was a great event at a [...]

100 Things, Updated

Posted on March 30, 2008 - Filed Under Thoughts | Leave a Comment

Readers who’ve been with me for awhile might remember that I shared my 100 things list a few months ago just before the new year. This is a list I started a few years ago and keep updating with new goals and accomplishments. Basically, it’s all the things I want to do in my lifetime. [...]

Slow Down . . . You Move Too Fast …

Posted on March 8, 2008 - Filed Under Thoughts | 4 Comments

… You’ve got to make the morning la-ast!
The 59th Street Bridge Song by Simon and Garfunkel could be the anthem for my life. I’m always on — from 5 a.m. when Paige wakes to nurse until 12:30 a.m. when I finish the last of my freelance work, I am going. I can’t say I am [...]

My 2008 New Years Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2008 - Filed Under The Book, Thoughts, cookbooks, weightloss | 1 Comment

Happy New Year!
Do you make resolutions? I do. Every year. I don’t necessarily keep them every year though. Wish I could say that I did, but honestly like most people I fall away from the resolutions after a few weeks or months.
But this year is different. My resolutions are grounded in things that I really [...]

What a difference 5 years makes

Posted on June 7, 2007 - Filed Under The Book, Thoughts | 2 Comments

No, I haven’t disappeared. Its just been a busy week. I had some work to do on the cookbook, which is coming along nicely and is due out in August (!). YAY! I cannot wait to see what the cover looks like and to hold it in my hands – a hard copy of a [...]

Are Melamine Plates Safe?

Posted on May 2, 2007 - Filed Under Mama's baby, Thoughts, rants | 12 Comments

As a mother of a young child, I am constantly on the prowl for what’s safe and what isn’t. In my house, we avoid partially hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup and microwaving plastic. But until this week, I hadn’t given a thought to the melamine plates that my son eats from. After all, the [...]

Family Is What You Always Have

Posted on April 18, 2007 - Filed Under The Book, Thoughts | 6 Comments

It was 4:45 on Monday afternoon when the phone call came. It wasn’t something shocking or unexpected . . . there had been forewarning. She was ready for the next chapter to open.
Still, to get that call that my cousin Grace Louise had passed on, I was caught without breath for a moment. Her words [...]

Thoughts over dinner . . .

Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Thoughts | 3 Comments

This was my dinner tonight. Leftovers from a weekend of recipe testing – cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, crispy catfish, a roll and a small chunk of brie, with a Diet Coke and a remote (of course, the remote wasn’t for eating — it was just me for dinner tonight with Shawn working and Will turning in [...]