Let me start by saying that I lived to be 38 and have never been stung by a bee. You can tell where this is going, can’t you? The boy and I came home last night and were making our way up the steps. In the usual slow manner of […]

Do you ever wonder how memories work? Like the things you DO remember contrasted with the things you DON’T. Or the very fact that a simple moment can stick with you forever. That you’ll recall it some day when you’re 80 and you’re relaxing on a spring day and the […]

…this dinner would have been perfect. Living in Chicago for five years, it was natural that I would become a big fan of Thai food. It’s on practically every corner. My first Thai meals were with my husband, and he introduced me to chicken sate (or satay) and peanut sauce. […]

Or some such title. I’m too darn lazy to go back and look it up. The carrots are made with a cumin dressing. Very easy. Not sure, though, whether I loved them enough to do it again. The salad is yet another of my uninspired spinach concoctions. You can never […]

Or so the Cafe Solace menu said Two cheeses (um, provolone and I think cheddar), spinach, tomato and ham. Yum! I kind of wish I’d gotten the spanikopita, though. I LOVE SPANIKOPITA. A bigger and better selection of restaurants. Plus the new bookstore. Downtown GR just keeps getting more exciting, […]

Chocolate Raspberry Cobbler at Mezze Cafe & Cabaret (no, the spoon wasn’t dirty) I love, love, love, love, love, love dessert. So much so that it impairs my ability to lose the five pounds I put on this winter eating too much…dessert. And rich desserts DO NOT bother me. Sugary […]

Yet another Devin and Mommy concoction: Banana Coconut Rum cookies from the latest issue of Cooking Light. Chock full of oatmeal, bananas, coconut, golden raisins and sliced almonds (the recipe called for walnuts, but I don’t like ’em). No worries, peeps — there’s a scant teaspoon of the rum in […]

It’s not like I don’t have enough pics of this kid on his own site, but I was testing my new flash diffuser last night and thought I’d spread his own brand of sunshine over here on Mom’s site.

Here’s the turkey meatloaf. I had a hard time getting a good pic. Meatloaf isn’t really, well, pretty. It’s topped with salsa and filled with cheese. Smack dab in the center. Oozing and gooey. It turned out great. And, of course, the kid decided that he would have none of […]

The little guy helped me whip up some Black Pepper Cornbread this morning. I plan to pair it with a salad and some turkey meatloaf (layered with cheese!) for dinner. Have I mentioned that I love baking with my son?

Chai oatmeal topped with raisins, currants and brown sugar