JULY IS A SUPER MONTH when it comes to festivities: Picnics galore, BBQ on the Fourth, and then it’s time to channel your inner Parisienne come the 14th, Bastille Day. [click to continue…]
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From the category archives:
Sisters in the Kitchen
From 'The Betty Betz Teenage Cookbook', 1953
MY FIRST PICNIC of the season is breathing down my neck: it’s the capper to the kids’ last day of school. Sounds lovely, right? Well, maybe for someone less spent than I am at the moment. With none of my own cooking creativity left to mine, I decided to delve into the archives here at TSP to see what past picnic resources I might unearth. Are you in need of outdoor eating support? Read on.
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THERE IS STILL time to join in our latest giveaway: win a copy of the James Beard award-winning cookbook Love Soup by Anna Thomas. We’ll choose the winners on Friday, May 13, so be sure to click over to the contest and comment for a chance to win this delectable book.
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SISTER MARGARET IS A giver. That’s why, over on that OTHER blog of hers, she very generously gave away five (FIVE!) copies of the amazing, yes, lovely, garden-to-table cookbook Love Soup by Anna Thomas (winner, as it happens, just last week of the 2010 James Beard award for “Healthy Focus” cookbook of the year). “Hey! Wait a second!” said I. “What about the fabulous foodie sisters here on TSP? Don’t they deserve some soupy-and-more love, too?” Margaret is a giver, and so is author Anna Thomas, and as a result, we’ve got three more copies of this wonderful book for YOU to win. Want one? Read on. [click to continue…]
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Soon, soon, I'll have grown my dinner and will eat it, too.
‘TIS THE SEASON. Nope, not that season. The gardening season, when the madness of planting and weeding completely takes over. But that means the harvest season is just around the corner, and the whole point of this gardening insanity, at least for me (I can’t speak for Miss Margaret, she’s a special case) is cooking. And as you all already know, I can’t cook without my bloggy backup. Here are a baker’s dozen of my favorite sources for wisdom about making the best of a great, green thing… [click to continue…]
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The Rock, with her favorite meal.
THIS WEEK, THE (PRETTY EXCELLENT) parenting site Babble released its list of the top 50 Mommy Food Bloggers. Or is that Food Mommy Bloggers? You all know I care deeply for my blogging sisters, and for my kids, but the list made me confront a dark secret: When it comes to cooking (and blogging) about food for kids, I could not care less. [click to continue…]
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APRIL DOES SOMETIMES feel like the cruelest month, because for me, every year, this is when I revamp my diet and exercise routines. Something about warm air and sunshine makes me tune back in to my too-often-neglected body and my health, and as a result, I’ve been scouting around the net for blogs and websites that help me clean up and pare down my eating. Here’s a baker’s dozen of sites that are my current faves for inspiring me to cook and eat in a way that is healthy for me, and the planet. [click to continue…]
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I CAN’T BELIEVE it’s been a year since I first started, like Alice down her rabbit hole, exploring the crazy culinary world of the Ladies Auxiliaries. If you’ve missed out, now’s your chance to see just what’s lurking out there. Join me, won’t you? [click to continue…]
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MY FAVORITE CITY IN THE WORLD IS PARIS. I went there for the first time when I was 13, and fell in love. I’ve visited there intermittently over the years, and every single time, I leave more charmed. I haven’t had much chance for travel much of anywhere lately, so my Francophilia has mostly been fulfilled, you guessed it, by blogs. Mostly, you’ll be shocked to learn, food blogs. Would you like to join my armchair voyages? Read on. [click to continue…]
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THIS HAS BEEN the winter of flu-filled discontent in my house, and as a result, I’ve had innumerable requests for Jell–O. For a foodie like me, this presents quandaries. [click to continue…]
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