Food & Drink

Sibling Rivalry

March 29, 2011 Family

My human baby has gotten wind of my love for the plant babies. My phone rang late yesterday evening — it was a business call from the West Coast that I needed to take. I talked for a little while, then turned around to find Rory systematically pulling the seedlings out of their pots and [...]

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Squash Seedling

March 22, 2011 Food & Drink

“Careful,” I tell Rory. “These are plant babies. We have to be gentle.”

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Not Eating Animals

March 9, 2011 Family

Thank you to P&G’s Have You Tried This Yet? program and Kroger for sponsoring my writing about trying new things and breaking out of my everyday routine. Click here to find great savings on high-performing P&G products at a Kroger store near you. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which [...]

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An Unfounded Fear of Quinoa

February 22, 2011 Food & Drink

Last night, I decided what to make for dinner — I was determined to make something healthy and vegetarian — but couldn’t plunge into the chopping and mixing right away. I had to wait a little while for my husband to pick up the remaining ingredients on his way home from work. During this time, [...]

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The Fruit of the Vine, In a Box?

February 17, 2011 Food & Drink

When people come to visit, they’re often surprised at my wine collection. What they see is a mini wine refrigerator and at least two large racks prodigiously stacked with wine bottles. What they don’t see are the reasons behind the backlog of bottles — I rarely drink wine out of bottles anymore. Sure, in our [...]

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Different

January 2, 2011 Current Affairs

On New Year’s Day morning, I wanted to make our breakfast special, so I pulled out the frozen package of pastured bacon I’d gotten in December at the Sassy Pea Market. Little did I know I was in for a surprise. Instead of the thin-sliced, salty, deliciousness I was accustomed to buying a the grocery [...]

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“My” Life

December 5, 2010 Austin

I should have known when 2-year-old Rory wouldn’t let us put the bright-green paper bracelet around his wrist. He’d grunt and turn his head, and keep his wrist well out of reach, squirming as much as necessary. It wouldn’t hurt him, or even make him uncomfortable. He just didn’t want to wear it. I gave [...]

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Planning My Garden

October 28, 2010 Food & Drink

I will do a longer post later, but here’s a hint at what I’m plotting for the side yard.

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Heavenly Toffee

October 18, 2010 Food & Drink

I know I’ve previously advocated making homemade toffee, but if you’re pressed for time, you couldn’t do better than to order Enstrom’s almond toffee. Send it as a gift to your favorite people, or gobble it up yourself. You won’t be sorry (until you step on the scale). We were introduced to Enstrom’s when my [...]

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Making Compost Easy

October 12, 2010 Family

This is compost. Super bio-active, it’s the secret weapon for aspiring organic gardeners — and I certainly am one of those. I’m also a hater of waste, to the point where it can be a problem, so it’s difficult for me to throw out energy-filled food scraps, which abound in a house of picky eaters. [...]

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