I did it. I one upped my Grandma.
It’s not a nice thing to say, I’ll give you that. But it’s true. I made Grandma’s cake, and mine came out better.
Huh, it sounds kind of obnoxious when I write it out loud like that.
Still, if she were here today I know she would be proud. She [...]
Or, the cake formerly known as Yeast Cake
This is my Grandmother’s cake, updated and renamed because, really, who wants to eat something called Yeast Cake? Sounds like some kind of home remedy for something that should not be discussed on a recipe page.
DO NOT BE PUT OFF BY THE TIME NEEDED FOR THIS BABY TO [...]
For some, the holidays are a time of peace. A time to reflect on special stuff, family stuff. A time to recall the little things that made Grandma so sweet.
This year the holidays gave me a wallop by way of a sudden and tremendous recognition that my Grandma, all four feet ten inches of her, [...]
The thing about holidays is that there are billions of things that can make one cranky. Jacked-up airline prices and crowded airports; insanity at the market and children who insist on dallying with strep throat. Not to mention the pressure, the crowds, and all those random crazy hungry people who insist they are related to [...]
Read more...Oh, it was good.
Things were heating up.
I mean they were really cooking. It was something special; a romance that had the kitchen hazy with steam. My bosom heaved. My hair fell in soft tendrils around my flushed face.
It was working. It was hot.
Then, it was not.
At least I know I tried. I gave it my [...]
Ahhh, Monday. Delightful wonderful peaceful Monday morning. Two children, up and out of the house before 7:30. And my sentence has been lifted.
I’ve been under lock-down. House arrest. For eight eternally long days. No, you’re right. I shouldn’t exaggerate. Why just the other day I was allowed out to bolster our stock of Children’s Tylenol [...]
Ingredients
3 cups of lukewarm water
1 ½ Tablespoons yeast (less at altitude. I use 1 1/4) T)
1 ½ teaspoons salt
6 ½ cups of all purpose flour
Directions
This makes enough for about 4 [...]
You know what you should do for dinner tonight? Pizza! As in, you should make a pizza. I know, I know, juniors got a soccer game and juniorette has gymnastics and the coupon in the junk drawer is calling out to you in that lovely sirens’ song: Come on, call the pizza place. Order in, [...]
Read more...There was an old vibrantly stunning woman,
Who lived in a shoe the suburbs,
She had so many children melons,
She didn’t know what to do wanted to hurl them off the roof for a satisfying splat.
Watermelon has never been my favorite fruit. It’s ok. It’s fine in a fruit salad if someone else has [...]
Read more...The same deluge that’s been teasing out the ragweed and the thistles in miserable numbers has been working wonders on our garden. Instead of popping out with one of two nuggets of goodness, vines are bursting forth in clusters of fruitfulness. I should be pleased. I should be grateful. But I’m sulking.
Sure, the tomatoes are [...]