gratitude: day 8
Grateful for The Internets, because without them, I don’t know what we’d cook for dinner. Vegetable soup, courtesy of Wil Wheaton. Broiled cheddar, courtesy of Smitten Kitchen. what are you feeling...
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Gratitude: Day 15, plus… The Tuesday Book Review: “My Name is...
Grateful on Tuesday for things people send me in the mail. This week I’ll be reviewing another batch of books from Kids Can Press (ages 4-7 looks like the target audience for these three titles), and...
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“pre-” (“there is no such thing as pre-!!!”) diabetes and me and Paula Deen
Oh, Paula Deen, Paula Deen. Jamie and Bobbie… You get over here, too, please, so we can have a little chat. The Op-Ed pieces are arriving, so here’s mine along with the rest of the flood. She has known...
View Articleto those of you who are asking, When’s your cookbook coming out?!?!?
How ’bout you go buy a copy of my novel to entertain you, in the meantime? Righteous. xo, nancy
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Wednesday Recipe Club: Sugar Cookies a la Mimi
Apple blossoms in our yard! I (heart) spring. (Photo by Steve Rawley) From my mother-in-law: Mimi’s Sugar Cookies 1 1/2 cups butter, softened 2 cups white sugar 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 5 cups flour...
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Thursday Recipe Club: Steve’s recipes for Masala and Dalchini Pulao
(Photo by Steve Rawley) I’m writing these exactly how he scribbled them on little pieces of paper. Because little pieces of paper are hard to keep track of, but recipes on a blog are not. (Yeah, he...
View Articlechick-fil-a brouhaha
“But take solace in this: Gay marriage is happening. Like many drive-through window lanes, it ain’t going backwards. And your bonus is this: You get gay marriage. And all your political opponents are...
View ArticleTuesday Recipe Club: Broiled Fruit Shakes, Lottie’s Peanut Butter Pie… and...
Broiled Fruit Shakes Stay with me here. I know it sounds weird, but this is a chilled drink I tried a couple of weeks ago at that crazy New Seasons Market, and it is quite good. It tastes like a Fruit...
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photo of the day
(Photo by Steve Rawley) For dinner: Cheese fondue, and Huevos Mexicanos with fresh pico de gallo made from tomatoes and peppers from the garden. Beautiful weekend, happy family, bliss. Have a great...
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what we talk about when we talk about lasagna
(Photo by Steve Rawley) (Recipes!) Man, what a good weekend. We saw Bag & Baggage’s production of “Of Mice and Men” in Hillsboro on Saturday. Went canoing on the Tualatin River Saturday and Sunday...
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donuts in heaven
My son, talking about his late, great-granny’s funeral: “It was the best ever.” Why’s that? “We had donuts!” Steve: “And up in heaven, Margie is smiling.” We like sweets. (Photo by Steve Rawley)
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