Today is 3.14, hence Pi Day. This is a national geek holiday I think. Living in a household of math nerds, the day is especially salient. Daughter had to make pies for this occasion. The first pie was blueberry. It was gorgeous when it came out of the oven. I mean magazine gorgeous. We couldn’t […]
At the Outback Steakhouse, Son began reading off the calorie count for items listed on the menu. Daughter began relating those numbers to dates she had learned about in her AP World History class. Son, taking American history chimed in with some relevant dates as well. This became quite comical: one because the calorie counts
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I make waffles most Saturdays. I make them the same way each time but they come out differently each time. Daughter asks: “did you do something different today to make them this way?” No. Sometimes the waffles stick to the iron, sometimes they split between top and bottom. Why? Same ingredients, I heat up the
How do I show those I love how much I care? I didn’t want to do chocolate for Valentine’s Day. We don’t need that. I decided to make heart-shaped pizzas. I had vegan cheese, vegan pepperoni and a jar of pickled jalapenos. Yumm. I make the crust by hand from a recipe in Mollie Katzen’s
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In my CSA share (Community Supported Agriculture), we get SO many greens: kale, chard, collards, bok choy, cabbage, generic mixed Asian greens. How many ways can you prepare greens? I end up putting greens in everything I make from soups to pasta sauce. From my Mollie Katzen “Vegetable Heaven” cookbook, there is a recipe on
