I subscribe to a great daily recipe email called No Take Out. Each day, a menu is sent, one that can be prepared after you get home from work, using real food as ingredients and providing your family a nice dinner. One of the reasons I like it is because it includes funny comments in [...]
Yesterday was Pie Day at our house, a recurring holiday held whenever we feel like it. Maybe every Wednesday. Maybe once a month. Who knows. We had peach pie that I made from peaches I had frozen last summer (sliced and tossed with sugar and spices and frozen into pie pan shape. Snap.) along with [...]
A few items on my mind this week, and by themselves, they don’t make a post, but together they can be called a rambling melange and I can feel as though I have accomplished something for the day. 1. Now would be the time to sign up for a local veggie CSA, specifically the one [...]
My friend and web-developer extraordinaire Dena at Buttonwillow • Six has been helping me update Kitchen Gadget Girl, and one of the first things she implemented is a new Print and PDF button set, which you will now find at the bottom of all posts. Using technology from PrintFriendly.com, Dena has made it possible for [...]
Thanks to American Express for sponsoring my writing today about small businesses. American Express is presenting Small Business Saturday, a way to honor the local merchants who are the backbone of the economy, this Saturday, November 27. They’re offering statement credits to people who shop at small businesses, advertising for small-business owners, and donations to [...]
Ok, this is totally my own opinion. I made it up all by myself as I hauled three ginormous bags of loot home from Blogher Food last weekend. And after sorting through all the many treasures, I have these comments about companies who “get it” when it comes to promoting products to bloggers. Or at [...]
Picture of Gudrun frying up greek burgersYou know how much I enjoy being invited to events at cooking schools. Makes me so happy to be able to pretend, for even a microsecond, that the cooking I do at home could be on par with that of actual professionals who went to school. To study cooking. [...]
Finally got around to pickling earlier this month, using some of the great vegetables from our Two Small Farm box, as well as a bunch of things I picked up at the California Avenue Farmer’s Market. Using Joy of Pickling, a book I reviewed last year, I made four kinds of pickles – Dilly Beans, [...]
A few weeks ago, a group of friends got together for a cooking party at Cuisine Style in Belmont. The evening was billed as an Iron Chef-style competition, although in the spirit of friendship, we did not declare any “winners”. Basically, every group that managed to get something edible on the table was in good [...]
I often hear “your kids eat so well” or “I can’t believe what your kids eat” or “I can’t get my kids to eat what your kids eat”. Although my kids do eat pretty well, I thought a little clarification is in order. My rule of thumb for dinner is to create a menu that [...]
February was a fun month of travel – I had a couple days up into San Francisco, pretending I was a tourist, then a trip to Southern California with the kids over winter break. Naturally, in addition to the kids, I took my new best friend, iPhone. She and I get along so well when [...]
The Master’s Swim Team that I work out with has been having a big event this month, encouraging swimmers to swim 50,000 yards, or 100,000 yards, or whatever gigantic number of yards they desire. The idea is to reinvigorate your workout and challenge yourself. Because of a cold and a little travel, I am going [...]
