Halloween has always been one of those holidays that, for me, is full of heightened expectations and subtle letdowns. You get all dressed up, and yes it’s fun and exciting to see what costumes people have concocted. The fun of that is kind of ephemeral, however, and it seems like this year a lot of [...]
Once upon a time, I thought I did not like beets. I’d only ever had the canned kind, and I have an instinctive distrust of things that come out of cans that are that color. I think I’d probably lumped them in, unfairly, with that atrocious Thanksgiving cranberry jelly abomination – the kind that slurps [...]
Finally, a meal that wasn’t instantly devoured before I could have a chance to photograph it! My dinner collaboration with my friend Marie resulted in this: Sometime I simply must invest in a good light source, a ring mold, and maybe a non-chipped plate or two. Marie made the wontons on the right. The filling [...]
Eli is currently off traipsing around the fjords in western Norway. Yes, not even two whole months since we returned from Asia, and he’s off again! Solo this time, as I am soon off on my own trip to visit this very special person: My sweet little niecelet! But I digress. Since Eli is gone [...]
