A few days ago I asked my facebook readers if they had ever created a dish that was inspired by a book they had read. I find that I do this often, and decided to start documenting my literary food adventures…beginning with these Chop Suey Sandwiches. When I was vacationing on Lake Superior’s north shore…
It’s definitely chilly out there today! I walked up to the market to get a few fresh ingredients for our dinner, popped into the thrift store along the way and found five awesome teacups, slipped on the ice, bruised my knee (but the cups are okay!) dropped my groceries off at home, and went to…
Do you ever find yourself in a cooking rut? Making the same things over…and over… and over… The kids are crying, “MOM! Chicken AGAIN!” WAH!!!! Yeah. It happens to all of us. I remember when me and the hubby were first married my repertoire consisted of “Create a Meal” stir fry over rice (remember that…
I waited to make one of these decadent sundaes to photograph until just before Gracie got home from school. I handed it to her shortly after she walked through the door, and her eyes lit up. I love doing that. One of the perks of being a food photographer. Always something amazing to photograph and…
I spent most of the day writing, and am just now surfacing to write a blog post to share with all of you. Sometimes it’s hard to switch gears after a day of intense creativity, know what I mean? I made these delicious baked apples with cream last week as a side dish for a…
Who else is really glad it’s Friday? This week seemed to sort of drag on and on, even though I was busy as a little bee almost every day. Today I got out of the house for awhile to take a walk (it’s 40 degrees out there! That’s ‘balmy’ for Minnesota in January. Heat wave……
Days seem to be passing very quickly lately. I’ve been working on creative things, puttering around my house and getting absorbed in the minute details. I will cook or bake something, take photos of it, edit the photos and sometimes that’s all I get done in a day. Other days I can obsess over one…
Hello friends. It’s been a great beginning of a new week. I worked on my book(s) for a few hours, started cleaning up the remains of the Christmas mess, walked up to the little corner market to get carrots for homemade chicken soup, stopped in at the neighborhood bakery for fresh baguette and doughnuts for…
We’re settling into our lazy Saturday. We enjoyed breakfast with our daughters this morning at the little neighborhood cafe…pancakes and bennys and hashbrowns…oh my! Meandered to Menards to look at even more paint. Gracie has firmly decided on a shade as pretty as an orange poppy for her bedroom. I think it will look lovely with…
Wow! what a day. Lots of things happening right now, just trying to stay balanced while I keep all the plates spinning. I’m sure once I get use to this new, self-imposed schedule it will feel more natural and I’ll relax. I really do like the feeling of getting so much done… I did take…