Archive: April 2009

Corner View: Modes of Transportation

29 April 2009

This week on Jane’s Corner View, we’re showcasing modes of transportation in our little slice of the world.  Here are some of ours.  (The last, one of my personal favorite modes of local transportation: Jacques Torres Wicked Hot Chocolate)

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Light and Fluffy Egg-less Cornbread

24 April 2009

My Southern friends will roll their eyes.  My Southern ancestors will roll in their graves, but this cornbread is, well, worth breaking the rules.  You see in the South, adding even a dash of sugar to your cornbread is considered an offense and presents you, clear as day, as a Yankee.  If they have good […]

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BREAKFAST! Corner View

22 April 2009

Spain Jane who blogs at Spain Daily (here) let me in on her weekly photo post on what’s going on in our corner of the world…and this week just happens to be about my favorite meal, breakfast. And, let me tell you, this past weekend was all about breakfast.  Here is what we’re having…yogurt parfaits […]

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Fishies In Parchment

17 April 2009

This week the cooking class came home for the first time ever. What a tremendous relief to have all the mini-chefs in our kitchen here, instead of lugging everything across town as I’ve done for the past almost-two years! As wonderful as Sonia’s and then Karen’s kitchens are (and they are fabulous), it felt so […]

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Chapati Party

15 April 2009

Our friends Ben and Jamie came over to make Chapati yesterday.  New York has been damp-and even what I would describe as dank-off and on for days, so a big warm plate of buttery chapati served with our favorite simple dhal sounded like the perfect lunch. Mama Jamie described her time in Asia and her […]

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