Archive: July 2009

Corner View: Places of Reflection

08 July 2009

What is this “reflection” you speak of?  Life with a four and a two year old does not always allot much time for reflecting.  Mostly, my children force me to live right in the moment and to have to sneak in my reflections in stops and starts throughout my day.   When there is more […]

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Nicoise Salad

07 July 2009

Before my daughter’s birthday party, I had only had a Salade-Nicoise maybe once or twice, not being a total fan of the way it has been served to me with a heavily mustardy dressing.  Given the crowd that was coming to her party, though, with their dairy, gluten, and various and sundry other intolerances, this […]

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Fourth of July Cooking Class: Watermelon Salad with Tarragon, Mint, and Feta

03 July 2009

One of our favorite things when Summer comes around is heading down to the park by the Hudson, spreading out a big blanket and having a picnic-or as our daughter calls it, “a pig-nic“.  That means that we are always scouting for good picnic foods, foods that pack and move well along with the cars, […]

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Corner View: Bulk Items

01 July 2009

Bulk Berets.  Bulk Berets in action. (Update: Ok, so I clearly blew the assignment which was “staple foods” not “bulk items”.  If you are American, you might see how my mind ran amuck.  Post-party haze?  Quite possibly, but I promise we’re not eating our berets around here.  Yet, anyway.) Need more bulk?  Check out these […]

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