Though Ben is symptom-free, his recent Covid positive experience seemed a little too close to travel to Virginia to visit my parents in their very tight, energy-efficient home. Ben was crushed, but we are working on managing expectations, starting with the consolation phrase, “There will be other Christmases.” Would my elderly parents have made it…
Author: Liz
A Positive Experience
Saturday lunch is always comprised of leftovers. Last week Phil had saved half his burger from the evening before at the Crooked Goose, but of course, Ben had bolted down his own burger and was faced with eating ordinary leftover dregs from the week. We have a very defined family code for the consumption of…
New Moon
Mourning the loss of Moon and Raven downtown? Try its successor, The Crooked Goose! There’s still the great atmosphere with an English pub kind of menu. We started with salads. Ben and Phil each got a burger and fries, and I opted for the sausage roll. (After traveling in Scotland last summer, it was a…
Breakfast Roulette
You know all about our “special breakfast” on Saturday mornings, right? Ben and I rise before dawn to plan the week’s menu, then wait patiently for Phil to wake up and delight us with some culinary feat. OK, cards on the table, we are rarely patient, and it’s almost always pancakes with bacon. The fire…
Like a Blanket
Ben and I start our Saturday mornings planning what to cook for the week while watching some cooking shows for inspiration. Last Saturday, my desire for a slow-cooked pork shoulder was a pre-existing condition, so when we saw someone making carnitas with homemade tortillas, we knew it was meant to be. Ben was totally on…
Thanksgiving, you’re on the bench. Christmas, suit up!
I Yam What I Yam
We had a lovely Thanksgiving and we hope you did too. My last post, regarding the under-recognized sweet potato, was deemed offensive to the Facebook community, and the content was removed. Should you care to read that post, you will have to go directly to www.bensdaywednesday.com. I had no idea what a powerful PR machine…
Sweet Potato Awareness Month
Perhaps like me, you did not know of November’s significance. When I heard that it was Sweet Potato Awareness Month, I panicked a little. I mean, I’m aware of the existence of sweet potatoes and I work them into various meals, but is that really being aware enough? Should I be making more of a…
Trick or Treat!
These days, Ben’s the guy to pass out candy at the door while we rest on our laurels of having Halloweened it up for the last 26 years. In recent years, we’ve gotten fewer and fewer trick-or-treaters, so this time, Ben mixed it up with a fresh new take. If you were one of the…
Ben’s Big Batch Breakfast – Yabba Dabba Doo!
As Ben’s mom, my day is starkly divided between modern pursuits and cave(wo)man ambitions. I get up early and walk on the treadmill. I eat breakfast and pack my lunch, parsing out sad little portions of protein and vegetable matter to consume throughout the day. I make coffee (yes, Millennials, you too could retire one…