jpw - just plain wicked………. There are a few weeks each year when Mother Nature gets herself all in a tizzy. Judging by the weather forecasts I heard this morning and the number of inside-out umbrellas I saw in Manhattan yesterday in the early afternoon, I'm guessing she's begun this phase, albeit a bit earlier than normal. Tornadoes in the south, blizzards in the west and all sorts of havoc all 'round. Nothing sets my teeth on edge like … [Read more...]
Make Mine Temperate-mental – “Post” Cards from California
These "post" cards have arrived in the "mail" over the last few days. Remember Post Cards? When was the last time you wrote or received a bonafide, tactile postcard? Nowadays, you just have to expand your view on the genre. What is especially notable for me is that they are known to be from what is formally tagged as "the California blossom trail". Wouldn't it be great to live where they celebrate the blossom trail? 2/17/16 photo … [Read more...]
Sunny in the Kitchen with a Bowl of Blood Oranges – “Candied” Blood Orange and Ginger Scones
Sunday in the Park and Sunny in the Kitchen - these two thoughts and similar phraseology happily coalesce here on this bright sunny morning I'm betting there is hardly anyone out there who remembers Sunday in the Park with George. I can hardly believe it is a full 30+ years since this play opened on Broadway and subsequently won a Pulitzer and two Tony awards. I often think of this title as I could happily stroll in a number of parks … [Read more...]
Outsmarting Winter! My Roasted Beet and Blood Orange, Two-Cheese Caprese Salad Stacks with Toasted Hazelnuts
Beautiful Beet Greens and Sunshine are Inspiring You (I) may think we are in the bleak season, but I am inspired by the voice of my dear Mom today, telling me "Marianne, where there is a will, there's a way"………. If you are anything like me, you are about to expire from color-deprivation, such is my yearning for signs of plant life outside my door. Yes, I do walk along for one hour every day with my beloved Kit, camera in hand, and spy upon … [Read more...]
Bitter Cold Brings…….Ancient Grain-Chocolate Chip Cookies
found on my walk this morning-some poor little child lost it on their way to school brrrrr……….. Long gone are my hopes and dreams inaugurated back in December that ole El Nîno would indeed bless us with a lovely warm Winter, aka no snow and no heavy coats, no biting winds, no ear aches and sinus distress, and last but not least, no bad moods. I think I actually had my best December ever in 2015 - running around photographing flowers in NJ … [Read more...]
How to Sear a Chicken Breast – and Easiest Chicken Piccata
This post is written for my Facebook Page: Mom the Kitchen Coach; Basics in Cooking and Baking for My Millennials this browning effect is what's called a "sear". It is the first step in cooking many meat dishes, some seafood and some plant-based proteins as well. My kids most often want something that can be prepared fast and with a minimum of "intervention". They turn to boneless chicken breasts. You can too. It is easy and you can … [Read more...]
Love (of Spring) is in the Air; Gingersnap Heart Scones
why not make a basket of these for your little loves (or big ones) on the 14th? Well I was fully intending to make that gorgeous flourless almond cake from Spain that I posted yesterday on In Food Today, but I got to thinking about something entirely different this morning. When I went out to do my morning errands, I thought I picked up the very faintest essence of Springtime in the air - the heavy rains yesterday having washed away a … [Read more...]
Visualizing Inherent Nutrients, Available to Nourish – Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Bolognese
last night's Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Bolognese Here's a new little story for you. It concerns food choices. Mindful Food Visualization - this is what I am calling my new little technique. Ahhhh, education and application……isn't this just one huge daily challenge? What good is what you know if you aren' mindful enough to apply it on a consistently positive basis? A couple of years ago I wrote a post about Knowing Your ANDI … [Read more...]
February Blues and Local Expeditions; Buttons of Blueberries Scones, with Orange and Toasted Pecan Sugar
poor Phil Can a simple dozen eggs be the visual highlight of the day? Yesterday morning at about 7:20 am, that poor Groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow, only the 18th time it was so I've heard, and therefore we shall have an early Spring! While I do indeed feel sorry for what they do to him, dragging him out of some kind of engineered tree stump and making him pose in front of cameras and crowds, I am happy for whatever … [Read more...]
That’s Entertainment: January at Union Square, Filming in New York; Hot, Hot Chocolate
a visit to the Gandi Garden in snow - I am guessing it doesn't bother him as much as it would me careful transversing Did I miss my calling as an old-fashioned beat reporter? Or, more likely as a cub-reporter? Today I draw on this iconic image. I am forever smitten and inspired by this photo of a young Jacqueline Bouvier as seen in her days as a cub reporter. Now, to use a variation on that infamous quote of Lloyd Bentsen, I'm no … [Read more...]
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