Tag: bread
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 9: Yes, These Muffins Contain Collard Greens
This is how it went down… I’m with my sister for a visit during the time I would cook a 52 Saturdays recipe. In fact, a recipe that has been named after another sister and her (Kristin and Kyle) . I thought, “perfect, I’ll have an opportunity to adapt and prepare a meal with her. We’ll […]
Week 2: Corn Muffin Success and Sadness
Last Saturday, I began what will be a year-long process of sorting through my mother’s recipes, selecting one per week, adapting it to a healthier version, and then posting the updated recipe the following week. In this, my first of 52 weeks, I find myself excited, touched by the support of family and friends, and […]
Week 1 : Commit and Complete
Welcome to my brain the past several days leading up to this first entry… “This is going to be exciting, I’m ready!” “Three years…three f-ing years you’ve talked about this!” “Nobody cares. Why blog about it on the f-ing Internet. I must have a huge ego or maybe I’m really a narcissist?” Wait… I should […]