I know that an inordinate number of my posts have lately made reference to boys’ pieces-parts. It isn’t because I have a perverse interest in such things. Rather, it’s because when you have boy children, their bits are always getting them into some sort of trouble. It’s just always there, in the way, tempting them […]
A lot of my food blogging friends have been posting their versions of Sunday Gravy lately. Since it is one of my favorite dishes to make, I figured I might as well jump into the fray… First of all, for those southerners here that know what real gravy is, this isn’t it. No pan drippings […]
It’s been a while since I reviewed the source of my traffic, so when I finally go to it today, there were some real gems. For those that don’t follow my “Why Are YOU Here?” page, let me enlighten you… When reviewing my stats, I like to look at the search strings that people entered […]
Growing up as the oldest daughter in a family of sisters, I was not prepared for some of the surprises that come with raising a brood full of boy children. Like their preternatural fascination with gas—the kind produced by eating beans and broccoli. Or their early obsession with the length of their nether bits. But […]
Last year, my friend Adam at Unorthodox Epicure and I had a recipe Throwdown over one of our childhood favorite meals—Porcupine Balls. Of course, when it comes to reliving our childhood favorites, we were both winners. Since there was no judging, neither of us could have rightly lost, after all. A while back, we were […]
Cooking Contest Central is celebrating an entire month of food celebration days. I chose Peanut Butter and Jelly on April 2, but that leaves 29 more great food celebrations. Check them out at http://www.cookingcontestcentral.com ************************************* As old as I keep getting, and believe me, I just keep getting older, I still love Peanut Butter and Jelly. […]
In a few days, we will enter into a period known far and wide as “what the hell do I do with all of these leftover Easter eggs?!” Unless you are one of those households that has wimped out completely and taken to using candy filled plastic Easter eggs….Shamey shamey! There will be egg salad, […]
Never underestimate the importance of knowing your weights and measures. For Christmas one year, my mother gifted my boys with Home Depot tool boxes, complete with the full range of functional, but small-sized tools. They each had a hammer, saw, pliers, screwdriver, wrench, level and tape measure. Most children, when in possession of such items […]
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I was never good at math. Like most girls, I excelled in verbal acrobatics and science, but math and history were, well, Greek to me. Not surprising, I guess, since so much of what we know of math was first contemplated, theorized, solved, and proved thousands of years ago…
As Saint Patrick’s Day approaches, I wax nostalgic again…. I’ve written before about my Irish heritage–that being from my paternal Grandfather, and I’ve spoken of my Catholic School education. What I haven’t mentioned is that I got more exposure to my Irish heritage at school than at home. Because nuns are from Ireland. All of them. Seriously. […]
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