by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 18, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Uncategorized
The question, “what’s in the broth?” could be asked in any number of tones of voice in my household these days. Sometimes it is laced with the suspicious nervousness of a wary eight year old. At other times, like tonight when I served this amazing...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 8, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
Bill first found this recipe in Christopher Kimball’s Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook. I take no credit for the yumminess to be found other than that I actually do all the shopping and chopping. One of the things that I love about this salad is it’s...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | May 3, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
That’s what my daughter called it. This plain looking little brown cookie comes in a very boring little package. Sure, it might look fancier in a different wrapper, but the plain brown cupcake wrappers were all I had when I realized there was no way these things...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | May 1, 2011 | Cooking, Grief, Holidays, May Day, Mourning, Moving On, Uncategorized
I have a love-hate relationship with ritual. I usually love the first couple of times through something, but then I end up hating too much repetition. How many times will I sing “Merry Month of May” in my life? I’ve already lost track, and we have...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Mar 9, 2011 | Chinese Food, Cooking
One of our favorite Chinese dishes has been something called “Dried Tofu with Pork,” and another dish our now defunct restaurant called “Delicate Chicken.” This latter was code that the waitress used mostly for just us as the dish was only...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 20, 2011 | Cooking, Diabetes
In my previous post about Lizard Spit, I give the general history of my diabetes and a look at the latest treatment I am using. Months later, I was finding my blood sugar manageable and under control. Even so, in November my eye was drawn to the book at the left as I...
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