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May.15.2013
Dinner Rituals and Reflections
As I minced the basil and tomatoes fixing to toss them in the mix of squash and mushrooms sautéing on the stove, I began to ponder the many rituals of dinner. Dinner was and is my favorite meal as this is the time when the family crawls in from...
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Apr.30.2013
Too busy to cook, or the kitchen just intimidates you. With kids activities, gradatuations, and meetings, you need a meal on the table and you need it fast! My rush hour recipes are the perfect solution to your daily dinner dilemma! Kids and adults alike will enjoy digging into these...
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Jun.23.2012
Steady drumming sheets attacked. The street went black and the trees danced with drops. I walked home through it in my hiking shorts, fleece jacket and baseball cap, a relic from 1995, enjoying the streams covering me, rendering my clothes into a heavy second skin. Once home, changed, off work, I...
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May.28.2012
I've entered Day 3. Still feel good. Lost five pounds over the past two days. As a body shape, I appreciate it when five pounds leave. Let's hope they abandoned me.
Slept great. My white robed instructor didn't come (it is a holiday) but I dreamed of attending a school. Graduation was coming up in...
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Apr.22.2012
My husband took me out on a date last night. After seeing my son off to prom, and worrying a bit about him driving in the rainy weather, we dressed up and went to dinner at a nice restaurant.
The place was half full of adults of various ages talking softly, drinking wine and dining on farm raised...
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Dec.27.2011
The Vermilion Restaurant in NYC is offering a six course dinner plus a free copy of one of Rushdie's novels. This is an idea made in heaven (or at least the kitchens of heaven). One will get Indian specialities such as Bombay Frankie chicken kebabs and malvani qual in a coconut masala You will just...
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Oct.26.2011
This morning my hands and fingers are frigid. I’m running late, but my writing moments usually take precedence and then I will find myself in a rushed mode, which I don’t care for. But this is part of my daily ritual, whether it stays sealed in my notebooks or appears here in the moment. There are...
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Jul.10.2011
Waxing nostalgic around here lately...
I asked my son the other day if he could guess how long he thought it took a T.V. dinner to heat up. He guessed five minutes. After I stopped laughing I informed him that the original "Swanson's T.V. Dinners" were heated in a 425 degree oven for...
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May.15.2011
When friends come to dinner they often ask what can they bring read more...
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