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Basil in Wonderland (with tomatoes)
Posted by Chie We had the honor of visiting Ralph and Jan’s magical garden today. It’s filled with love; with the fragrance of roses and lilac, peace and serenity. One of the highlights is their...
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Spinach salad with roasted oyster mushrooms
For some reason I forget to roast vegetables. How simple it is to toss them with oil, spread in a shallow pan and bake for 20-30 minutes. How can I complain of being short on time? When I roasted these...
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Crispy arugula salad with citrus and walnuts
My boy, with the galaxy of freckles across his nose and cheeks, is almost big enough to go off to school by himself all day. Even though this won’t happen until fall, I thought about it a lot last...
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Onion and date tart
I finished Téa Obreht’s novel The Tiger’s Wife this week. I’m reluctant to put down a good book so I always read the pages at the end: the dedication, all the names in the acknowledgements and the...
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This is how it goes
There is more work to do than ever. There are more play dates to coordinate, more vacation days to fill, more birthday presents to buy. More house projects. More work projects. More dog hair. More...
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It took this long
When he got home on Monday, Brian asked me if I’d used the special tools – utility pry bars, they’re called – that he purchased especially for removing tack strips. No. I’d jimmied them free with the...
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Fruit plate for one (+ one) : sponsored post
Thank you to Lesley Stowe Fine Foods for sponsoring this post. My mom put that first meal in front of me, not an hour after we first brought our daughter home. She knew what to do in that blissed-out...
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