by Wanda | Sep 16, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
In the crazy quilt that is my life now, my step-daughter and I were comparing notes about her girl twins as we fed the girls in our laps. She thinks they smell like French fries. I think they smell like like pepperoni pizza. We are not crazy. It’s some strange...
by Wanda | Sep 15, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
The last few weeks have gone by in a blur of events: family business (Sad — a death and illness and accident to several family members; Happy — twin granddaughters visiting, my birthday and an anniversary, too). Now the last of Raymond Siu’s lilikoi cheesecake...
by Wanda | Aug 28, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Bloggie breakthrough: I finally figured out .. .no, I faced the reality…of what I can and cannot do. I can make a lasagne Bolognese that will change your world. I can’t make gnocchi. I can make vinha d’ahlos that will remind you of your grandmother....
by Wanda | Aug 24, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Yes, for $1,000 and a chance to tour my kitchen (just kidding) it’s ….. Chinese rice cake! Is that stuff addictive or what? But on to today’s agenda: So now my fridge talks to me. The fridge is new. I love it. But why does it have to talk? What it...
by Wanda | Aug 23, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
My husband found this trivia game app on his phone. He starts throwing out questions. I’m not paying much attention, intent on something else in the kitchen. But after I got like 29 of 30 answers right, he said, “You’re GOOD at this,” and my...
by Wanda | Aug 22, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
The other day I got a yen for Chex Mix. I bought a commercial version and spent the evening digging the Chex out of the tangle of oddly shaped cracker doodles, teeny toasts and other stuff. The only thing I like is the little basket-weave cereal squares that soak up...
