Archive for: November 2010

Stuffed Pumpkin with Panade

I woke up this morning, after howling winds and snow that stranded more than 200 metro busses in the Seattle area last night, to a neighborhood that was utterly silent. It was freezing cold, and there was this view of the Olympics under a fresh cloak of white. No one… Read More

Snow Day

I woke up this morning to rooftops covered in snow, streets white, the whole world quiet and muffled. I don’t care how old I am, the first snow of the season will always make me feel like an eight-year-old on Christmas morning. The whole world is transformed, clean, pretty. It’s… Read More

Thanksgiving Recipes

Oh, friends—Thanksgiving is around the corner (for Americans, that is), and if you’re anything like me you’re in menu planning mode. This year I’m wondering if it’s okay to ditch our annual stuffing (which I love, dearly) in favor of this Dorie Greenspan recipe for stuffed pumpkin. Will there be… Read More

Friends with Citrus

There are friends and there are friends. And now that I’m firmly ensconced in Washington State, there is another special friend category: friends with citrus trees. Not only that, generous friends with citrus trees. This is a rarified category, indeed. Mrs. B has always been my friend with citrus trees, and… Read More

Little Women Picnic

I can’t remember exactly how the plan got started, but one day on Twitter the idea of having a Little Women picnic was hatched. A Little Women picnic, you might ask. What is that? Well, until that day I don’t think it was anything at all. But when you’re friends… Read More

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