Category Archives: Family Just the other day I was reminiscing with a friend about the department store restaurants that were ubiquitous in our youth. Almost every department store had at least one restaurant and some had a lunch counter as well. These were sit-down restaurants with real china, cloth napkins, and as a kid I always felt very […]  The top of my Settlement Cookbook is imprinted with the phrase “The way to a man’s heart…” The full quote is ‘the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’ and is an old English proverb. I’m not sure how it happened, but all evidence to the contrary I stubbornly cling to this notion. […]  I had been looking for a place to live, to start my life over (once again) and as soon as I walked into the little house I started to cry. I hoped the people showing it to me wouldn’t notice. I did my best to hide my tears, I bent my head, and went out […]  There are just some food that is fun to make, fun because it’s easy to make, requires little to no measuring, and the outcome, the most important part is fun food. Recently I made ricotta cheese for the first time, and it was so good, so easy, and so much fun I’ve made it again, […]  I wish you a happy Thanksgiving, and offer some random Thanksgiving thoughts. This week the New York Times ran a great piece on Thanksgiving food in all 50 states. There are enough recipes in this one article to get you through the coming winter, though there are many I think I’ll skip, either due to […] |
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