Alex has started kindergarten. Amazingly, I can say it and even think about it without much sadness. I’ve done a lot of thinking about why. Am I a callous mom? Shouldn’t I have cried when I dropped her off? Don’t I miss her? Well I miss her a ton, but I think it comes down…
Archives for August 2010
Don’t Judge A Cake By Its Exterior: Chocolate Pound Cake
Have you ever baked a cake and been so horrified by how it looked coming out of the pan you almost didn’t serve it? That was this cake. It was just… misshapen and lumpy. And despite releasing beautifully from an aluminum pan, parts of it had oddly released from the cake itself. And so I…
North African Braised Chicken
I woke up this morning and I could feel autumn. The low last night was in the low 50s (F) and the air this morning was crisp, the sunshine clean and unburdened by the humidity that plagues a Midwestern summer. I know it won’t last, I know in a day or 2 the heat is…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake
Things continue to move at a frazzled pace–which is why you will see a few pound cakes before you see any cookies again. Not that cookies are hard, but nothing takes less time than whipping up a loaf, bundt or tube cake–except maybe brownies. But I digress. The point is that we continue to hurdle…
Pan Seared Tilapia with Thai Sweet & Sour Veggies
I have some advice for people planning summer vacations with kids who are at that just starting school/preschool age. Don’t plan them for early-mid August. You will return home and poof! just like that your summer is over and you are scrambling to get them ready for school. Supplies, back packs, preschool open houses, etc….
Key Lime Cake
I have a bias against snacking cakes (frequently though not always un-frosted little square cakes) because they are just not that pretty on their own and I am too lazy to garnish much. But as soon as I saw the Key Lime Cake in Melissa’ Gray’s All Cakes Considered I knew I was going to…
Hyderabadi Qabooli (Hyderabadi Pilaf of Rice & Split Peas)
This is actually a post about a tremendously yummy Indian pilaf–although I am sure it looks like an advertisement for cherry tomatoes. What can I say, when summer hits I start putting those deliciously sweet little guys on everything and anything. This is a pilaf that caught my eye when I was looking for stuff…
Som Tom (Thai Green Papaya Salad)
Have you ever tried to write about a food 2 weeks after eating it? It’s difficult. Happily for me, however, this salad is quite memorable as it actually makes my top 5 list of all dishes or foods of all time–and that is including desserts. OK now that you have picked your jaw up off…
We interrupt this blog…
This is Laura’s husband, and I’ve been asked to alert you (the readers of this blog) that due to a set of highly unusual and somewhat annoying circumstances there will be no postings by Laura (the blogger) for the next week. Laura was 90% prepared to post a new, tasty entry (and I can personally…