The low-tech apple
An apple a day is prescribed by the health professional. And in our household, we comply. We start the day with an Apple product bedside, checking the urgent update from...
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Original sin
A taste of original sin I make a decent omelet, a dependable grilled cheese and a knockout chocolate-chip cookie. What I make best of all is dishes. In pursuit of...
The Stone Age kitchen
The microwave went belly-up. Or, more specifically, door-open. Without the usual rejoinder of door-closed. Now the bright blue box is always ajar and — perhaps out of spite — refuses...
Bright and green
The fried green tomato sounds vile. Not so much the fried. Or the tomato. It's the green that stumps me. Who wants to chomp on a tomato that's green? Green...
Bright and green
The fried green tomato sounds vile. Not so much the fried. Or the tomato. It's the green that stumps me. Who wants to chomp on a tomato that's green? Green...
The big cheese
Lola came to visit, puffed with big-girl pride. She came with hair puffed in a poodle updo. She met the dog. She met the robots. She met the big boy...
You have a friend in chicken adobo
Facebook offers face time, minus the face, plus lots and lots of time. Hours online may — or may not — foster the intimacy implied by "friend." Take Chicken Adobo....
You have a friend in chicken adobo
Facebook offers face time, minus the face, plus lots and lots of time. Hours online may — or may not — foster the intimacy implied by "friend." Take Chicken Adobo....
Lunchbox 101
Packing lunch is a thankless task. Which is why I've decided to delegate it. From now on, the luncher will pack the lunch. Select anything. Not Oreo dipped in Nutella....
Hot ice
Ice is nice. Mostly because it's cold. And we're hot. So hot we'd like to plunge headfirst into the iceberg. Or something somewhat softer, like the chopped iceberg. Available in...