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food

  • to make: a mother’s day appetizer.

    I didn’t know what to call this post. Really, it doesn’t have much to do with Mother’s Day, but it would be an easy thing to make for a mother, and a pretty thing…

    May 5, 2015 8 Comments
  • smoothies.

    Or, as my nephew enthusiastically calls them: FOOMIES! We’ve been guzzling smoothies around here lately. They’re the perfect thing to make in the morning and down in between chasing Faye around the apartment, hammering…

    February 24, 2015 76 Comments
  • mulled wine.

    If you’re able, the best way to drink a glass of mulled wine is out of a paper cup at an outdoor Christmas market. Preferably there’s a chill in the air enough that you…

    December 8, 2014 16 Comments
  • brown sugar & spice syrup.

    Sometimes all you need is the taste of something to get you in the spirit of things. And sometimes that taste comes in the form of a syrup. This is not a recent discovery.…

    November 20, 2014 4 Comments
  • foolproof roasted vegetables.

    Roasted vegetables are not fancy food. They are simple food. They are sweet and savory at the same time. They are just the right thing to make during the time of year when your…

    October 20, 2014 20 Comments
  • a galette for shorter days.

    There’s no denying it. Here are the days when lights need to be flicked on before dinnertime, when socks need to be added to bare feet, when getting into bed in the evening means…

    October 13, 2014 19 Comments
  • apple blackberry crumble.

    This post is for all of you. But it’s also for me. Every year at around this time, I endeavor to make a perfect apple crumble that lives up to my expectations of fallish…

    September 22, 2014 15 Comments
  • make-believe: pasta night.

    James grew up with an Italian mama with a particular prowess for pasta dinners and I promise you there are weeks when I have to remind him that one cannot subsist on pasta alone.…

    September 10, 2014 2 Comments
  • fresh tomato pasta.

    Like most of the recipes that I bother to share in this space, this is less of a guideline and more of a plea. A plea to get yourself to a farmers’ market (or…

    September 9, 2014 25 Comments