Holy moly did you see what just happened? I typed October into the title bar because somehow by the time I start cooking this week we will well and truly be in October. How on earth. I tell you what, being a mostly vegetarian cook […]
Autumn went and snuck right in last week. The street outside our little apartment is lined with chestnut trees, and they are conking down everywhere, littering the sidewalk with delightful brown chestnuts. My kids like nothing more than gathering the shiny, chocolatey nuts, and I […]
I had a very busy week and weekend in the kitchen, and I enjoyed it immensely. Except my feet hurt. I don’t know what these floors are made of, but ow. We are debating flooring in the kitchen at our house, and I was relieved […]
Yes yes I know that it is in fact June 26, which makes the posting of a meal plan for the week of June 25 questionable at best, but I tell you what, it has been a week. A great, super fun week with beloved […]
What in the world, JUNE. How did that happen? This last week was a total blur of school functions; turns out, if I lose a productive Monday to sunshine and fun with the family, the rest of the week is kind of a shambles. House? Disaster. Refrigerator? […]
This weekend has been a baking bonanza for me, which is always a delight, until you realise you inadvertently presented your gluten-free host with lemon bars, confidently pronounced the curd gluten-free, and then later that evening broke out in a cold sweat remembering you added […]
Well. Last week’s meal plan – as basic as it was – went a little off the rails. It’s bananas how much my husband being out of town saps me of any energy for the kitchen. Or frankly, any energy for doing much of anything […]
Today my youngest, my squashy stubborn silly little fella, turned four. Four! What on earth. It was a very good day, not least because of this delightful cake, the layers for which I very sensibly made yesterday, and the frosting today. Reminder to self: this […]
Today was just straight up a pure summer day, hot and sunny, kids trashed after hours riding bikes and playing in an enormous mulch mountain at the park. It was a very good day, and makes me very excited for all the very good days […]
Seattle remembered its identity over the weekend and has returned us to a generally grey and damp existence, but the weather lobotomy over the last week was truly glorious. Just when Seattle’s hardy residents are all “enough with the rain and the cold and the […]