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Julie and Julia

Julie and Julia follows the true story to two women: Julia Child in France, 1949, and Julie Powell, who cooked and blogged her way through Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 2002 from her apartment in Queens. I…
The Tale of Two Restaurant Critics

Last night this line from T.S. Eliot kept running through my head. It's from the Four Quartets. 'Garlic and sapphires in the mud...' I remembered that when you got into this it was almost a spiritual thing with yo…
How to Cook a Wolf

"Nothing seems particularly grim if your head is clear and your teeth are clean and your bowels function properly." The problem is how to characterize How to Cook a Wolf. ~ It is a cookbook, but one with o…
New Bread

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy and save me! Let me lie down like a stone, O God, and rise up like new bread. ~ Tolstoy in War and Peace quoted by M.F.K. Fisher in How to Cook a Wolf Isn't this quote about perfect …
Food on Vacation

My new friend Lois and I have been holding meetings of our two person button club. I truly enjoy our time together and come away rewarded with a new story, more information on buttons (you can tell a lot about a…
Trader Joe's

If I could import one store and one store alone into my small town, it would be Trader Joe's. Good stuff at good prices. The closest TJ's is 4 1/2 hours away. But I have friends and kids who always ask before they com…
How Have You Changed in 2008?

Before you make resolutions (or projects as Sherry calls them), take a look back and see how you have changed this year. It's kind of fun! This is a variation of the I Used to Think post. Poiema's perceptive comment:…
Pizza on the Cheap

During the "dark months" Saturday night is Pizza Night at our house. I keep all the ingredients on hand (many in my freezer) so I don't have to dash to the grocery store. I despise dashing to the grocery store. I…
What's for Dinner?

It barely fits on the grill... Mhmmmmm good. Thanks, Chris. You make your mama proud, happy, and full.
For Onion Lovers

Crockpot Caramelized Onions On Saturday, I plan to write a Pizza on the Cheap post. But I was desperate that this lovely little trick didn't get buried in the middle of that. It so deserves fanfare and balloons and t…