This week, we went with Hungarian food, full-immersion style. The recipes for Chicken Paprikash, Hungarian Dumplings, and Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream came right out of Christopher Kimball’s November-December 2022 issue of Milk Street Magazine. https://www.177milkstreet.com/magazine Our chicken paprikash didn’t look quite like the pictures in the magazine, but it was very good, especially with…
Hearty Pennsylvania Dutch Stock
About 15 years ago, we were interested in buying a small sofa that Phil found on Craig’s List. Since the location was close to where I work, I took our mini-van and a fistful of dollars so I could examine it after work and make an offer if I liked the looks of it. I…
Oc-two-ber
We live in unprecedented times. Never before has our country seen such division and polarization. Vicious hatred and lies find an audience in public forums, and when opinions are this intensely divided, can violence be far behind? Still, the debate rages on. Some cling fervently to their view that summer is best, while others work…
It Is To Me
Ben: I want chips. Mom: You don’t need chips. We’re about to have dinner. Ben: Come on. It’s healthy. It’s protein. Mom: It is not protein. Ben: It is to me. Mom: A food’s protein content is not a matter of opinion. Maybe you could debate how much protein you need, but simply saying a…
Basil Wood Fired Kitchen and Lounge
Remember our restaurant guessing contest? We were so happy to have Sunday brunch with our winner, Amy, and her adorable son, Alex! Have you been to Basil yet? If not, what are you waiting for? It is the best!
Dangling the Bacon
Years ago, when my friend Jen and I were teaching second grade across the hall from each other, we often bounced teaching ideas off of each other. Once in a discussion about classroom management and rewards, she suggested, “Sometimes, you just have to change that bacon you’re dangling,” followed almost instantly by, “Nope. That’s not…
Swimming Detected – The Fitness Edition
Ben and I are continually trying to find the right balance between healthy and tasty meal options. To be fair, Ben loves salad (way more than I do) but he also loves meat (maybe a little bit more than I do.) Newly inspired by a “Biggest Loser” competition with my co-workers, I am going to…
Pizza for Breakfast, Ice Cream for Lunch, Taco Truck Supper
Dear Mom, though you are a devoted blog reader, you may want to skip this post. It contains various meal heresies that you may have a hard time swallowing. Love, Liz P.S. Don’t worry. I haven’t forgotten my roots. Maybe my root vegetables, but not my roots. A week ago Friday, Phil’s sister and…
The Hunger Games
Both Ben and Sophia were exceptionally content babies, but on the rare occasions when they fussed, I swear it was because they were too tired to eat and too hungry to sleep. That’s some bad mojo, but it is possible that in my dotage, I have slipped into fussy infant mode myself. When I get…
Fancy a Game of Squash?
My parents visited over Labor Day weekend, bringing great garden bounty. They didn’t grow the peaches, but I think everything else was a product of their garden: squash, bell peppers, chili peppers, pesto, and raspberry jam. My mom makes the best fruit jam ever, and if I were a better person, I wouldn’t hide it…