Strawberry And White Chocolate Pancakes For J *AND* For His Mom
For my son’s first week of school the plan was to make him some sweet treats that he would totally love. But somehow my own taste buds managed to get in the way. I dreamed up some pancakes stuffed full of his favourite things. Then I got practical and narrowed it down to strawberries and [...]
Read More...Corn for Supper
After dinner one fall evening my mom skipped over to her friend’s driveway. Mom’s friend: Whatdya have for dinner tonight? My mom: Corn on the cob. Confused friend: Corn on the cob and what? My mom: Just corn on the cob. Still confused friend: Weird. My mom: Why weird? Corn’s my fave supper. [...]
Read More...If You Can’t Stand The Heat, You Can Still Hang In My Kitchen (Thai Curry and Mango Salad For Picky Palates)
If you’ve come here via Roget’s newsletter, click here for the Sweet and Sour Thai Mango Salad recipe that I’m pairing with the Le Paradou Viognier from Provence, France (or head to the bottom of this post for the recipe). __________________________________________________________ At 9-months-old J happily ate ridiculously spicy Afghani rice. At 18-months-old he requested a [...]
Read More...How to Have Your Mushrooms and Eat Them Too
If you’ve ever run into us at the grocery story, I don’t blame you for thinking that my little J loves mushrooms. It would be a totally acceptable belief given the evidence: J sitting in the cart with a blue styro package of pre-washed sliced mushrooms on his lap as he happily chows down on [...]
Read More...Pepper Jack Soup from the Falcon Lake Deli
Soup-making is something that I just know how to do. Why? I grew up surrounded by soup-simmering and soup-eating. Tomato Beef Barleys and Chicken Noodles warmed my childhood. Vegetarian Borscht Dappled with Heavy Cream appeared in the spring and returned to freshen Ukrainian Christmas Eve (a meatier version was ladled daily at the Perogy Patch). [...]
Read More...The Pittmans’ Restaurants
The following text appears on the cover of the Pittman’s on 44 menu. I wrote it a few years ago when my brother and his wife took over the restaurant from my parents. (Items in parentheses are my added comments and do not appear on their menu.) Pittman’s On 44 is where it all began [...]
Read More...Foodies in the Family
My Gee Gee would pay us five cents for every potato bug in our pail. He’d hose mud off of a carrot and off of us at the same time. Shrieking, we’d jump from the spray secretly hoping to get caught by refreshing coldness. He’d hand us roughly cut rhubarb and send us to Baba [...]
Read More...Forever Cooking the Story
How does a 10 year old get out of doing yard work? If that 10 year old is like I was, she’ll find a diversion in the kitchen. One morning my parents and brother were doing yard work while I was within the bounds of the air-conditioner hoping they wouldn’t notice my absence. I was [...]
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