Spicy Squash Soup and Jon Hamm on My Kids’ Heads
Hi everyone. It’s Sunday evening and I miss Jon Hamm already. It’s a good thing that I can be reminded of him and his five o’clock shadow when I look at my sons’ recently shaved heads. Like shaving kids’ heads at the beginning of the school year, it is also important to be proactive, plan […]
Ginger Lentil Soup and the Show (and Bookclub) Must Go On
Hi everyone. Even though it has been a trying week that really bugged me, I have been on the calendar for months to host my bookclub. Our bookclub, as you may know by now, is also usually a dinner party. Cooking and shopping for eight? I could sneak in moments to prep for the meal […]
Simple Potato Corn Chowder and Oy, What a Week
Hi everyone. Yes, what a week. Sometimes there are things that are just too exhausting and, frankly, too gross for me to discuss with you on my blog, for fear that you will forever be put off from associating me with food. For that reason, suffice it to say that I comforted myself and my […]
Clam Chowder and Can Demi Lovato Cook?
Hi everyone.It is so nice to be back from vacation. We came home early, rushing so that I could watch Camp Rock 2 by 8PM Friday night. Not bad, but I am more excited to see the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday to see how Taylor Swift and all the other younguns do on stage. […]
Swiss Chard Sausage Stew and Guilt Composting!
Hi everyone. A friend of mine emailed me to get the name of my compost bin and where to get it. “I can’t take the guilt anymore,” she said. Since I started composting last year, I cannot believe how much reusable food waste I accumulate. Being able to reduce garbage and give back to the […]
Vegetable Soup-Morrocan Style and Mammogram Dinner Parties
Hi everyone. Soup is important to help us lose weight and stay warm which is why I am linking to an article for you: http://health.yahoo.com/experts/drmao/23125/soup-therapy-detoxify-lose-weight-and-boost-immunity/While you think about soup’s benefits, I also want to share my parallels of getting a mammogram and throwing a dinner party. The parallels of the stresses involved and overcoming the […]
Lentil Kale Stew with Sausage and My Stocked Pantry and Freezer-YES!
http://www.youtube.com/get_player Hi everyone! What a miserable, rainy, cold day with a sick and crochety 7 year old but how fun that my old pal from H.S., Alain Hunkins, just emailed me after over 20 years! If that weren’t enough, I had all the pantry ingredients to make a hearty and flavorful stew without having to […]
Japanese Soba Noodle Soup and The Show Must Go On…
http://www.youtube.com/get_player Hi everyone. I am recovering from a very busy and very fun weekend. I attended an awesomely well organized multicultural winter festival benefiting the Heart Gallery Organization to help foster kids get adopted http://www.heartgalleryofamerica.org/. The food was spectacular, especially the Ethiopian from the restaurant Mesob. Soon after, I went to perform in a fundraiser […]
Lentil Stew (Lentejas) and Meaningful Ways to Aquire Recipes…
Hi everyone. I am so excited to share a great recipe with you from my old friends from Seville, Spain. Ana and her daughter Ana were visiting NY last week from Spain and I got to see them for an hour before they left. I had to take the opportunity to request a recipe that […]
STOP! It’s Creamless Cream of Celery Soup!
Hi everyone and please click on the title of this post to read more. Today I would like to discuss taking back our health and safety. Take our corner, for example. We had 9 accidents on the corner where we live in the last year because our corner was in desperate need of a 4 […]