The other night, after awakening for some reason or another, I lay on my bed in the darkness, thinking about the global financial crisis and worrying about the world in which we’re bringing up our kids. After I got back to sleep, I was awakened again by three-year-old Callum, who seemed to be having a…
Food & Drink
I’m part of a trend…
from the NYT: The market research firm NPD Group gets a glimpse of national eating habits through the food diaries it has collected from 5,000 consumers since 1980. The percentage of those consumers who are on a diet is lower than at any time since information on dieting was first collected in 1985. At the…
Salt and Pepper
I just discovered this blog and am loving this post about salt and pepper. Seems like I have tons of spices on hand, but the tried-and-true basics, salt and pepper, suffice just fine on their own, most of the time. Great to see my own experience reflected by a well-known chef. Also, I love that…
Mystery fruit
Mystery fruit Immature pumpkin? Or super-thick zucchini? We planted a bunch of stuff at once (see here) and lost track of what was what. Any ideas? UPDATE: Turns out it is a pumpkin. Here’s hoping our little pumpkin plant keeps producing through October, so we can do the jack o’lantern thing.