DIG IN
Q: What did I make on December 14, 2017 you ask?
A: I baked a spectacular Gingerbread Cake Roll topped with Eggnog Whipped Cream.
Here’s where you can find all the recipes I’ve made since February, 2011. Admittedly, even I’m impressed by that.
THE CLUB: SIMPLIFY – VEGGIES – SIMPLIFY
Mary+Not surprisingly, I’m more about multitasking than meditation and mindfulness. No one defines me as serene or tranquil. In my next life, maybe. While I’ve dabbled with yoga throughout my adult life, that’s not been successful. Thirty-seven minutes into an hour...
FRENCH FRIDAYS: RELEVANCE, DORIE & PAULA
Mary+Relevance, today’s post and my French Friday’s recipe, Chicken B’stilla, is all about that word. What I knew for sure, after Michael’s death, was I wanted to find myself. In those ten years, I’d lost Me. I also realized that everything about that experience must be...
FRENCH FRIDAYS: IF IT OINKS, IT’S A PIG
Mary+We’re talking pigs again. Last week I alerted you to the possibility that Wilbur, Babe and the Three Little Pigs can fly. Now it gets better. Did you know Piglet of Winnie the Pooh-fame sponsors an annual cookbook contest? I mean, how many Piglets do you know? It just...
FFWD: CELEBRATING ASPEN, ORANGE/ALMOND TART
Mary+Eight years ago, about this time, our daughter, Melissa, and her family were spending Easter with Michael and me at our home in Nevada. I was in a state of frazzle. The ramifications of Michael’s illness and the resulting responsibilities were overwhelming me. I’d...
FRENCH FRIDAYS: AU REVOIR, SANTÉ TO CAMBRIA
Mary+As you’re reading today’s post, I am winding my way home - leaving California and driving through Nevada, Arizona and Utah before reaching the Centennial State. It’s a gorgeous drive albeit 1,000 miles, giving me time to consider this memorable winter (and listen to...
COTTAGE COOKING: EMMA, OUR FAMILY VEGETARIAN
Mary+It’s time for my Cottage Cooking Club wrap-up of five tasty vegetarian dishes. Every month I join other bloggers to feature recipes from award-winning food writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage Veg cookbook. Realizing there isn’t much about beef, pork,...
SHOWTIME: ZIN FEST & POULET à la MOUTARDE
Mary+If weeks had titles, the past one would be called Best Day Ever Week. Do you experience those? Each day gets better and better. Not so often? I get that. Me, too. I have droughts. So when seven great days in a row land in your lap, it’s okay to whoop and holler and...
SWEET PAUL & MARY SALUTE THE IRISH
Mary+Know this. Sweet Paul, creative guru, lifestyle magazine editor and chef, is Norwegian. My people, on my Mother’s side, were Welch coalminers. Between us, we have not one drop of Irish blood. But last week Sweet Paul sent me a new recipe for Irish Soda Bread,...
FRENCH FRIDAYS: NAPOLEON & LISTS
Mary+In the spirit of full disclosure I’m admitting to List Addiction. My favorites are Self-improvement Lists like How To Strengthen Your Core: 8 Steps; Ten Tricks to Look 7 Years Younger or 9 Ways to Improve Your Chances of Retiring by 55. There are even audiobooks of...
FFWD: ONIONS + ANCHOVIES + OLIVES
Mary+Last Tuesday evening my Aspen friend, Luky, telephoned to check in and check up on me. As usual, we chitter-chattered, catching up on her news and mine. It was all good until she asked, “So, what did you do today?” “I spent the afternoon at the cemetery,” I replied....
TALLY HO! TALLEY FARMS & FOLDOVERS
Mary+Let’s talk dirt? You know, that soil hugging a carrot just pulled from the garden. The stuff hiding in the crevices of leafy Red Romaine lettuce. And don’t forget the leek. Those babies pride themselves on clinging to the sandy soil they love. Not to mention, so I...
FRENCH FRIDAYS: LOBSTER TAILS & TRAVEL TALES
Mary+VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER How often do you serve lobster for dinner? My answer is not very. Geographically a born-and-bred Iowa girl, lobster was not a food choice in my youth. When I was a working girl, wife and mother, lobster was not a food choice in my budget. As I...
