Sending kids off to college can be a big wrench for parents, even when they’ve been heading off to school on their own for some time. I would get so accustomed to our girls being home during the summer that it was hard to re-adjust to the empty house every September. My way of coping with missing them, until my husband and I got used to being a couple again, was to send packages of goodies from home. This started […]
Serves 4 Prep time: one hour Marinade: Salad: Dressing: Salad: Accompaniment: sticky white rice
It’s beginning to dawn on me that entirely too many of my food posts are desserts. This reflects my natural predilection for baking (as well, I suppose, as a personal preference for anything sweet). Like Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation, I believe you can never eat too many waffles with whipped cream. To redress this imbalance, I want to share a recipe adapted from Country Life magazine. If you’re not familiar with Country Life, it’s a British magazine that […]
Serves: 6 Prep time: 5 hours
My mother-in-law was not known as a great cook. Whenever she would offer to cook, my father-in-law would leap from his chair and say, “You look tired, Sal. Let’s go out.” That ploy seemed to suit everyone most of the time, but even people who claim not to cook usually have at least one dish they can prepare, despite their lack of interest or experience. For my mother-in-law, it was her beef brisket with potatoes and carrots. My husband still […]
