A Love Letter to My Mother
Today, March 18th is Mother’s Day in the UK. It’s always struck me as weird that Mother’s Day is on a different date in the UK from the US – and it’s taken me by surprise often, finding me scrambling...
View ArticleThere are Two Kinds of People …
Those that like anchovies and those that don’t. Which are you? And while we are talking anchovies, I have to tell you that they are on my top ten of foods I love. What are the other nine, I hear you...
View ArticleFour Time-Savers for the Busy Mom
I am a Mom. I am a working Mom. And I’m exhausted. There is never enough time to do the things I’d really love to do. Like, you know, nap, exercise, do nothing, laze on the couch watching re-runs of...
View ArticleMy Avocado Dilemma
I woke up super early this morning. Actually I was awakened by my five-year who was evidently dreaming about something that didn’t work out for her and was crying out “I want it my way,” in her sleep....
View ArticleFor the Love of …. Dish Towels
Husbands and wives argue over many things: money, schedules, kids, cleaning up, folding laundry the right way, loading the dishwasher, other women, other men, clothes, music, TV, sports and so on. If...
View ArticleThe Incompetent Chef & the Legendary Hippo Cake
Last night, I cooked meat and I didn’t kill anyone. The truth is that every time I cook with meat of any kind, I’m convinced that I am endangering someone’s life. When it comes to cooking, I am...
View ArticleThe Gene My Mother Didn’t Give Me
(This is the story I read at the recent, amazing Listen to your Mother show – video coming in the summer!) Today I cooked for my family and nobody died. It’s always a good day when my cooking doesn’t...
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