by Laurie Rockenbeck | Dec 7, 2011 | Cooking
The other day I was doing that clicking thing that happens when I look at blogs. I read a blog, click on the links to read another blog, and another. Pretty soon, I’ve read a couple of dozen blogs and find myself forgetting what it was I was doing in the first...
![Like Mother, Like Daughter (or son)]()
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Dec 5, 2011 | Cooking, Parenting
Until about three years ago, I wouldn’t eat a fried or poached egg. It had to be scrambled or hardboiled, and the hardboiled yoke bit had to be mixed with something to make it less chalky. If I was served a fried egg, I would cut the white part carefully free of...
![Like Mother, Like Daughter (or son)]()
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...
![Like Mother, Like Daughter (or son)]()
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...
![Like Mother, Like Daughter (or son)]()
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...
![Like Mother, Like Daughter (or son)]()
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...
Recent Comments