July 22nd is my mother’s yahrzeit – this year it’s been 9 years. I lit a candle in the crystal candle holder my mom and I bought at the Art Fair on the Square because we thought it would look good for Opa’s yahrzeit candle (tho in this pic, I’m using one of Oma’s candle-go-round […]
And what did I make of it? Friday it was still ridiculously hot, and we went out to dinner, at Madison’s star chef gastropub, Graze – the place Tory Miller opened so he could serve burgers and pork buns and fried cheese curds – sometimes there’s even poutine on the menu. Yesterday, Saturday, was mostly […]
Blueberry cornmeal muffins, with red papers. ha. So here’s the plan: Muffins & bananas for breakfast (any minute now). Maybe a bike ride? For dinner: Grilled shrimp & brats and that potluck broccoli salad with bacon (I am going to make my version with bacon, toasted almonds, raisins, shallots – and the mayo, vinegar, sugar […]
My niece, Amelia, known as Mimi, is 16 today. She is the most UN-sweet-16 girl you can imagine, so I was totally at a loss as to what to get for her. A shirt I sent her years ago that I thought was pretty hip – photo prints on a t-shirt – was deemed too […]
Welp, it’s another of those weeks, when I haven’t written from Sunday to Friday – tho I actually started this post Thursday, and I know I won’t finish it till Saturday. Cooking-wise it hasn’t been too unusual – couple of nights when I had dinner all by myself, once we went out, and Friday I […]
Dec. 28th, 2012 is my Dad’s 92nd birthday. We didn’t do anything particularly special in his honor, but I remembered him a lot. In the morning, I worked on the two online courses that I’ll be teaching in the spring semester – classes don’t start until Jan. 22, but I have to have my syllabi […]
I was thinking that rather than feeling all bummed out and sorry for myself, like yesterday, and posting ugly food, I should resurrect a couple of pretty food pictures from the archives. So here they are: All summer-y things – the tart’s fussy, of course, it’s a Martha recipe – but I don’t make it […]
Last night I made a free-form rhubarb & strawberry tart, using this method, that I wrote down all the way back in 1999. Except I make the crust with a little added vegetable shortening now to make it a little flakier, about 2 tbs. along with the 2 sticks of butter and 3 cups of […]
A lot of people have been saying that 2011 was a sucky year. In the women’s bathroom at the co-op the other day, on the chalkboard provided for grafitti, it said, “good riddance to 2011” but underneath someone else had written, “never wish for time to go away – it’s all you’ve got”, and below […]
My dad liked his gin on the rocks with a twist of lemon. He liked everything to be really cold, so he kept his gin glasses in the freezer, and froze the lemon twists, too. Today, November 21, 2o11, is the 13th anniversary of my dad’s death – his 13th yahrzeit. It’s the day Jews […]