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April 1, 2012 12 Comments

A Teaspoonful of Icing

While others are on spring break, we're staying home.It's tempting to envy those who are lounging on the beach right about now, staring at the sea or walking barefoot along the shore for a mile or more. It's hard not to hanker for a big glass of southern-brewed sweet tea, steamed shrimp served with homemade cocktail sauce and a side of coleslaw and hush puppies. I can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food

November 18, 2011 13 Comments

Food on Fridays: Fend for Yourself

(smaller button below)For the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes. When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button to paste at the top of your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays Tagged With: thanksgiving

November 11, 2011

Food on Fridays: Tea Is Necessary

writing coach tea

I was tired, so I made tea. Though I often crave caffeine, I can only tolerate it until noon, when I must stop drinking it or risk lying awake until two in the morning. Fortunately, I glanced at the clock on the stove: just after 10:00 a.m. I had time. I spooned some caffeinated black tea into a paper loose tea filter, lowered it into the deep pottery mug, poured … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays, life, Not So Fast, simplicity, Slow Movement, Slow-Down Fast, slowing, tea

October 27, 2011 17 Comments

Food on Fridays: Birthday Biscuits and Gravy

(smaller button below)For the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes.When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button to paste at the top of your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays Tagged With: biscuit recipe, biscuits, biscuits and gravy

October 14, 2011 29 Comments

Food on Fridays: Faking First Class

(smaller button below)For the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes.When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button to paste at the top of your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays, travel

August 11, 2011 18 Comments

Food on Fridays: Grace

(smaller button below)For the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes.When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button (My daughter doesn’t quite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays Tagged With: vegetables

August 5, 2011 15 Comments

Food on Fridays: Vacation Food

(smaller button below)For the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes.When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button (My daughter doesn’t quite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays, Not So Fast, simplicity, Slow Movement, Slow-Down Fast, slowing, travel

July 28, 2011 22 Comments

Food on Fridays: Baked Oatmeal

(smaller button below)For the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes.When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button (My daughter doesn’t quite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays Tagged With: Baked Oatmeal

January 26, 2011 11 Comments

Get Used to It

I’ve piled red apples—honey crisp and gala—into a plastic flowered bowl on the kitchen table; oranges and pears in a wooden bowl on the counter; and vegetables—carrots, kale, chard, celery, cucumber, red peppers—into the crisper drawer in the fridge.I set out a bowl of cherries, too, because I’ve heard life is like that.The reason for this wide variety of freshness? Why … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Food

January 17, 2011 22 Comments

The Spirit of Food: Food Heritage and The Occasional Vegetarian

Food HeritageLast week’s TheHighCalling.org book club selection of essays (from The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting toward God) included Denise Frame Harlan’s essay “And She Took Flour.”As I followed her story of learning to eat (and eventually cook) real food, I sat almost as stunned as she did when a professor read excerpts from The Supper of the Lamb … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, Food, reading, TheHighCalling.org, writers, writing

August 5, 2010 25 Comments

Food on Fridays: Show-and-Tell

(smaller button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to talk about the blueberry seed that lodged between your teeth, that’s great. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays, home

July 29, 2010 26 Comments

Food on Fridays: Blueberry Mania

(smaller button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to talk about the spinach that lodged between your teeth, that’s great. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Food, Food on Fridays Tagged With: blueberries

July 22, 2010 16 Comments

Food on Fridays: We Are Real (and so is the food)

(smaller button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to tell us about the first person who taught you to cook, that’s great. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog, blogging, change, creativity, family, Food, Food on Fridays, high calling blogs, home, writers, writing Tagged With: friends, friendship

July 15, 2010 27 Comments

Food on Fridays: Zucchini Recipes

(smaller button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to research plantains or papayas, that's great. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Food, Food on Fridays, home, simplicity, slowing Tagged With: Recipe, zucchini, zucchini bread, zucchini brownies, zucchini recipes

July 8, 2010 13 Comments

Food on Fridays: Blueberry-Rhubarb Crisp

(smaller button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you just want to confess that you just ate the last Girl Scout thin mint cookie in the house, go for it. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays Tagged With: blueberry-rhubarb crisp, rhubarb recipe

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