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Beef stew made my way In one of my first posts on this blog, I defined what I like to call “the confident home cook:” someone who, like me, has no professional training, but is nonetheless a good cook and moves about the kitchen with ease and – dare I say it? – joy. One of the defining [...] This post originally appeared earlier this week on my new blogging community, The Chicago Moms. I hope that you will swing by and check out some of great voices being featured there. When your child is a baby, your pediatrician, your mom, your friends and all the books will tell you at what age your baby should sit up, wave, [...] This post originally appeared earlier this week on my new blogging community, The Chicago Moms. I hope that you will swing by and check out some of great voices being featured there. Labor Day 2010. It was unseasonably cool and breezy that morning, making our plan to enjoy one last day at the local pool seem less appealing. What [...] Blueberry muffins with a crunchy, lemony streusel top Now that Zuzu has been cleared to eat wheat and baked eggs, my assistant pastry chef, J.R., and I have been baking up a storm. The only ingredient that I now have to avoid is dairy — other than nuts and peanuts of course – and it is quite easy [...] For most of my life, I have been too young for the magazines I was reading. Now I am too old. How’s that for a rude awakening? Like most girls, I started reading Seventeen when I was twelve. By the time I was actually seventeen, I had graduated to Glamour. Yes, admittedly, the articles about how [...] Apples and honey for Rosh Hashanah As many of you know, today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year celebration. It is a joyous holiday, but it makes the beginning of a solemn period of reflection, known as the 10 Days of Repentance. This period culminates in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, during which [...] The AG on the cupcakes stands for "American Girl" — Zuzu's request Seven year old Zuzu has been American Girl Doll crazy for the past year or so. She and her friends bring their dolls with them on all their playdates, which involve more (doll) wardrobe changes than a Madonna concert. I honestly love it. I [...] Cowboy and Wills by Monica Holloway Today’s post is part of the From Left to Write online book club. The idea of this book club is not to write a book review, per se, but rather to write a post in which the blogger connects that month’s book to an experience from his or her own life. September’s book is the [...] |
 
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