Well now, we are getting into the way-back machine.. Someone on here happened to mention good old Jean Naté, which is something I haven’t even thought of in decades. According to the interwebs, Jean Naté was created back in 1935… Continue Reading
Hey Posse. Ages ago I was asked for the recipe to my Mums Orange Salad because I was talking about Annick Goutal’s Nuit Etoilée on A Bottled Rose. I’ve never known anyone to make it before and have no idea… Continue Reading
Each morning when the sun rises high enough over the mountains to hit the front of my house, I set my pots of rosemary and basil on the sill of my bedroom window. Each evening I pull those sun-drenched pots… Continue Reading
January – greatest month of the year, amirite?!?!? No? Me neither. Now starts the slog to spring, which … is even longer here in Santa Fe. In Washington DC (which just had a big snowstorm), spring starts busting out its… Continue Reading
Hey everyone, there’s a LOT going on right now and I … just didn’t pull a post together. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday / winter break if that’s what you are doing … tonight is the longest night… Continue Reading
I’m not super-crafty and I’m always interested in / amazed by folks who can make things, including really complex things, and how they wound up there. Did they watch a show about glass-blowing on TV and decide to heed an… Continue Reading
Years ago, after my split from he-who-shall-not-be-named, the kids and I got busy and established some new holiday traditions. The kids (not unreasonably) hated our fancy, formal Thanksgiving, so I chucked it. We had a sit-down family meeting – there… Continue Reading