Monthly Archives: January 2007
[recipe] Dedham Dinner 1: Pasta and (not)meatballs, spinach
Dedham Dinner #1: Pasta and (not)Meatballs, Sauteed Spinach Here is a regular meal I put together on busy weeknights, say, when I have a press release early the next morning. It’s quick, vegetarian, and can come entirely from one store … Continue reading
Filed under dedham, dinner, dinner recipes, Food, quick cooking, quick dinner, quick recipes, Recipes, Recipes yummy!!!, supermarket, toddler, trader joe's, vegetarian
On Saturday Afternoons In 1963
Three years ago, I was pregnant for the first time with who would be Benjamin. January proved a challenging month – the low sharp pains when listening to the SOTU, or coughing, ended up being ligaments letting go for the … Continue reading
Filed under anniversary, delight, heartbeat, mother, Motherhood, Politics, pregnancy, Rickie Lee Jones, son, what i did for love, women
pacific spring
One thing I have yet to get accustomed to in 5 years in Seattle is the January spring. The air is fresh, wet, and sweet; green shoots, quince buds, and the brave leaves of primroses emerge to a nearly universal … Continue reading
Filed under clean air, delight, primroses, quince, Rickie Lee Jones, seattle, spring, spring bulbs, weather, winter daphne
dd specials or, making quick dinners from a full trader joe’s shopping bag
In our house, we often partake of what I called the “Dedham Dinner” or DD for short. The DD is my adaptation of the dinners my mother served us as children. The major differences between my meals and their 30 … Continue reading
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veggie cold tea
I make this for myself when I get under the weather, esp in the winter months. 2 qt water or vegetable broth handful of shredded carrot handful of winter greens (collards, kale, mustard) salt and 12 black peppercorns 1/2 of … Continue reading
Filed under cold remedy, garlic, ginger, hot drink, hot drinks, soup, vegetarian
my favorite search term set that brought someone here
“vomited on boy next to me”
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shiksen soup (recipe)
I regularly make chicken soup for my husband and friends when they are ailing, or if the weather is unusually cold and raw. I always thank the chicken. A good neighbor, friend and fellow east-coast exile named this shiksen soup … Continue reading
on the scale at 2.5
Ben turned 2.5 yesterday; his daycare teachers remarked on his profusion of words and stories after a two-week hiatus. They were spoken with greater urgency and speed than usual; after all, there is a fox in Grammie’s woods; Pumpkin the … Continue reading
Filed under Birthdays, communication, Fathers, funny, mother, Motherhood, son, talking, toddler
what I did for love: sausage-stuffed mushrooms recipe
The tag for this post is “what I did for love”. Or more accurately, for denial and disfunctional love. Otherwise, there is no answer to the question, “Why would a vegetarian with a talent for tasty veggie cooking make these … Continue reading
holiday service outages
We left a cold dark (no power, no heat) house on 16 Dec for 2 weeks of East Coast hospitality. We had the smoothest of flight transitions in Denver, about two days in advance of the paralysis. Arriving in Boston, … Continue reading
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