Soups
Week 46: Grateful for Slow Cooked Sweet Potato Soup
Thanksgiving sucks! Actually, I don’t really feel that way, but I figured it would get your attention, and, as I’m writing in this moment right now, it’s exactly how I feel. I’ve had 54 years of Thanksgiving celebrations and no two have been the same. As a kid, there were years where our huge dining table […]
Week 11: Life’s Too Short Not To Be Irish
There are many occasions when I feel like I’m channeling my mom. Sometimes it’s preparing shellfish, checking the tension on my stitches when I sew or remembering the “trick” to the perfect whipped cream(see below). Other times, it’s the complete delight I experience at the coast of Maine or the hunger that led me to visit Ireland. […]
Week 4: Cod Chowder, Shout a Little Louder
As last Saturday’s post went live, my husband, daughter and I were stepping onto the DC metro red line headed for an historic event, The Women’s March on Washington. Which was AMAZING! The previous day, we witnessed the inauguration of Donald Trump from a quaint liberal-filled café amid tears, jeers and sorrowful faces. It felt […]