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Category Archives: Food Today is my mother’s birthday. My mother loves lilacs. At my childhood home in England there was a huge white lilac tree in the front garden that put forth so many plumes I often wondered how the slender branches held them all up. The air around that tree was thick with a heavy floral aroma as thousands of tiny white flowers…  It’s finally Friday. I am not sure why I said finally, as though it has been more than 7 days since the last one, or that time has dragged. This week has flown by. One minute it was Monday morning and I was off racing around the office like a mad woman, and the next it was Thursday…  There’s this salad. I made it up a long time ago. It’s been an important part of my life for so long now that I don’t recall whether I first made it this side of the pond or the other, but I know I’ve made it at least a hundred times. And I know that I…  On Saturday I got on a ferry and rode to Kingston. It was one of those days where if you live in Seattle you were in absolutely no doubt as to why you do. It totally made up for the whole month of March, when we Seattle dwellers began to wonder if we would ever feel the sun on our…  I know I said in my last recipe post that the next one would be the Bacon and Leek Bake (which, so you can start to get all worked up, is just about my favorite invention of all time), but there’s been overnight developments and I have breaking news to share: Everyone wants squash. Between yesterday and… |
