Last year one of my birthday goals was to make pretzels. I didn’t make it happen, so I carried the goal over. As I looked this year’s goals, the 33 things I want to accomplish by my 33rd birthday, I couldn’t bear the thought of having another year go by without completing this simple task,… Continue reading Pretzels (aka goal 33)
Tag: cooking
Bon Appetit Strikes Again
As I close in on the end of the birthday goal period, I realized that I haven’t been cooking nearly as much as I usually do should. My jeans came back from the dryer with the same verdict. That combined with the fact that going into this weekend I was at 84 of the 100… Continue reading Bon Appetit Strikes Again
In the kitchen
Sometimes something happens in the kitchen that etches itself on your mind never to be forgotten. Like, you know, hypothetically, you make risotto in someone’s kitchen for the first time. And your masterpiece turns out just as you hoped it would. It is delicious and pretty and darned satisfying. Until the owner of the kitchen… Continue reading In the kitchen
Franksgiving
In 1939, Thanksgiving, which at that time was the last Thursday in November, was to fall very close to the end of the month. Folks in the retail world complained that with only three weeks for holiday shopping that sales would be crappy, not ideal for an already crappy economy. So, Roosevelt declared that Thanksgiving… Continue reading Franksgiving
Julie and Julia
Once upon a time, I wrote a poem that made some allusions to Julia Child’s sex life. When I workshopped the poem at my writing group, I saw some eyebrows raise at the very notion. Upon seeing the Julie and Julia film, I feel vindicated. Watching Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci play Julia and Paul… Continue reading Julie and Julia
Everyday for the rest of May
I was looking around here and there and was reminded, mid-May of the “Every Day in May” thing that folks do to encourage themselves to post (or create or do something) every day in the month. I thought to myself, “Man! I missed it!” Then, I thought that I could do it for the rest… Continue reading Everyday for the rest of May
Apples and progress
I think that part of this blog is about documenting what I do. Yes, a journal does that, but I often feel like I don’t do anything, but I know that this isn’t the case. But here, it shows me exactly where my time is going. At the end of the weekend, for example, I… Continue reading Apples and progress
Thanks, November
One of my fall projects is sort of an extension of Thanksgiving. I hold no romantic notions about the origins of Thanksgiving, however, I do like the romantic parts that American society has decided to embrace and propagate. I like the idea of just taking time to be happy about things, to think about the… Continue reading Thanks, November