Musings from a servantless, stay-at-home, cooking-obsessed mom
Posted in Musings on Nov 30th, 2011
In response to my earlier vent about how much the hour(s) leading up to bedtime can blow, I received a number of “hell-yeahs.” I think several bottles of wine were opened, another woman recalled that she and her friends used to refer to this time as “arsenic hour”… I love how such a basic experience [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 30th, 2011
Is there a mother out there who doesn’t start twitching and counting the seconds left before bedtime at this time each day? I’m going freakin nuts right now.
Posted in Cooking & Eating, Musings on Nov 30th, 2011
Although you’re having the best time with your hubby, enjoying your little celebration and a great wine, it is tough to be at your best and brightest the morning after a 15% alcohol red. Fortunately, I have not, in any way related to intelligence, had to be “on” this morning. Heh. I have been a [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating, Libations on Nov 29th, 2011
Y’all, this spinach pie rocked! I would use less salt next time, but I loved the radicchio addition, and overall, this is just a darn good dish. And how could it not be with 7 eggs, 1 stick of butter, 2 pounds of spinach and so forth?! Ooh! For a (probably unnecessary) side, I made [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating on Nov 29th, 2011
Y’all, isn’t Tom’s latte art getting good? I’m very proud and also very happy to be the beneficiary of it each day. As well, this spinach pie is going to be insanely good, although working with phyllo dough does make me want to put a fork in my eye. Eff. Gives you a lot of [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating, Green Tips/Living, Politics on Nov 29th, 2011
The National Resources Defense Council, a great (!) pro-environment organization, publishes a monthly enewsletter called This Green Life. I find it informative, fair and very user-friendly. Click here for this month’s letter which begins with a nice, easy-to-read starter piece on factory farming vs humanely raised animals.