by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 26, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
I sent an email to my aunts about our family gift exchange as I couldn’t remember who I drew or, actually, if we drew names. I seem to recall something at our family reunion, but I’m not really clear on it. My mind turned toward Christmas and getting ready...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 25, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
I mentioned in my last post that I was making two lemon pies this week. The one reserved for Thanksgiving day dinner is the Shaker Lemon Pie. I was disappointed in how mine ended up looking this year, though it still tasted terrific. While using a microplane to zest...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 23, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
We celebrate Thanksgiving with my in-laws and one set of very close friends. We’ve been doing this same general family grouping for the last ten to fifteen years, and there are some slight modification depending on whose parents are visiting. My mom used to come...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 11, 2011 | Cooking
My pantry and fridge have always had some amount of coconut products in them. (Oh, I forgot the Coconut Bliss Ice Cream for the picture, so add that mentally.) This is no doubt due in large part to the fact I am eating a vegan diet most of the time and my daughter...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized, Writing
It’s November, and my third year of doing the “NaNoWriMo” thing. Last year, well I blogged about last year. here, here, here, and here. The odd thing I just noticed is my current wordcount shows up on last year’s posts. You’ll have to...
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