Food History
Week 31: Not So Devilish Dip – Recipe FAIL
What’s the unhealthiest, processed, and otherwise most disgusting food that you either love to eat now or loved to eat during your childhood? I confess…this clean-eating, no sugar and no processed food allowed, healthy, middle-aged (ok, maybe a little more than middle-aged) mom has a long list of junk foods (see below) that I regularly consumed as […]
Week 28: Peppers and the Past
For most people, Grandma (or in my case, Nana) is synonymous with warmth, tenderness, well-worn aprons, fresh-baked cookies, snuggles, silly games, and front-row cheering during school concerts. While I have every intention of making sure that image is true for my grandchildren, this was not the case with me and my mom’s mother, my Nana. […]
Week 14: Vegan Rum and Rye Pancakes
My daughter Kara can’t stand “breakfast for dinner”. I think it’s because as a child she was sensitive enough to pick-up that “breakfast for dinner” meant we were broke. We may not have mentioned our lack of funds, but she probably felt my tension rise or heard her dad and I discuss (argue) about money. […]