What do you do with two punkins on a Friday morning? Make pumpkin bread, of course! What’s the best part of baking? Snitching, of course! I won’t leave you in suspense. Here is our pumpkin bread recipe, which we make for every new arrival in the neighborhood, and pretty often for ourselves, too… Spiced Pumpkin…
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WFMW: Cake Decorating
We’re going to take a detour today from reflections on family and children and life in general. Because I have some wisdom to share on the subject of cakes, cake decorating and icing. This has been a source of frustration to me for so many years that when the answers finally began to be revealed…
Read More50 (the magic number)
Part One: Fifty seconds. Ears popping, rising ninety-five floors above overtired children, train schedules, bad bus directions and the guy on the street corner screaming about the end of the world. And at the end of it, the doors opened on this: It was our tenth anniversary dinner, six months late, the first of…
Read MoreAny Day at Viviano’s Is A Good Day
On Friday, Christian took the day off and we all went to St. Louis. We went shopping, took the kids to visit the doctor who delivered them, and then went to the one place we absolutely must go at least five times a year, just to keep our pantry stocked: Viviano’s. If you are ever…
Read More7 Quick Takes-vol. 66
Alex and I played glow-in-the-dark miniature golf this week. I learned that fluorescent orange + fluorescent yellow + black lighting = one massive headache. That happened to be the same day that Nicholas discovered pasta. Now, my Super Baby Food book says that children are not allowed to have tomato until one year old.…
Read MoreWFMW: Weight Loss (Real and perceived)
Ah, it’s that time of year again. Carbo heaven in November, cookie kingdom all through December; cream cheese-laden appetizers and desserts, multiple family feasts…and even as we gorge our way through the holidays, we cringe inwardly, knowing that there is a price to pay for all that richness. It’s January when everybody gets “serious” about…
Read MoreA Little Something Sweet for your Friday
I’ve been exploring blogs recently, and I keep coming across really good ideas that I want to participate in. Without a doubt, the most mouthwatering—and most corrupting LOL—comes from Stopnsmellthechocolates.blogspot.com. (Who can resist checking out a URL like that?) Every week she presents Chocolate Fridays. (Now come on, seriously—who isn’t going to click that link?)…
Read MoreEasy as…Pie?
The cliché says, “easy as pie.” But long ago I came to the conclusion that whoever came up with that truism was completely nuts. Pie crust is one of the trickiest, most uncooperative things I’ve ever tried to make. Give me a cake any day. But I really like pie, so one visit, I asked…
Read MoreItalian Nachos
A couple of FB friends asked for this recipe weeks ago, but I’ve never had a chance to sit down and write it out. So my daily contribution to the blogosphere today is a truly delicious (though not at all healthy) appetizer recipe for Italian Nachos. You can do this the all home-made way, like I…
Read MoreIt’s All About Food
It’s a running joke between Christian and I, the difference between my family and his. My family gets together, they have heated discussions of politics and religion. His family get together and conversation revolves around…food. We discuss spices and pie crusts the way my uncles and aunts bicker over health care reform. You don’t believe…
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Kathleen M. Basi 