Recipe: Veggie Sausage Casserole

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  This tastes better than that picture looks! Sometimes you need some comfort food that is easy to make and that makes wonderful leftovers zapped in the microwave for busy days. This dish fits the bill on both accounts. The base recipe here is my mother’s delicious homemade macaroni and cheese recipe. I have that … Read more

Photos of NYC Food

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I like a lot of things abut New York City, but the variety and quality of food to choose from is definitely one of them. Most of these photos were taken on a stroll through Dean and Deluca (click here for their website) where this time we only bought Parmesan cheese straws and a drink … Read more

Dried Apples

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Last February, as some readers of this blog may remember, my 12 year old daughter asked for and got a food dehydrator for her birthday. Since then it has been living on our kitchen counter, and has just finished duty until next June when we can crank into drying strawberries again. Strawberries and apples are … Read more

Good Show: Art by Laura Wilk and Marisa Taddei

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I saw art by these two artists at a show at the Wilton Library in Connecticut, where they will be exhibited (and for sale) until December 29, 2009. Laura Wilk is an awesomely detailed representational watercolorist (click here for her website) and Marisa Taddei does exceptionally expressive non-representational monoprints (I couldn’t find a website for … Read more

A Sparkling Morning

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It was a fairyland here yesterday morning. If I had been more on the ball, I would have gotten out of the house early and taken some stunning photographs. As it was, I was diverted from that, for a wonderful reason. While it was snowing the day and evening before, my youngest daughter and her … Read more

Encouraging Words

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Ever since I was little, I’ve loved a pithy quote. These are the ones I’ve been pondering and applying recently: “We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.” – The Talmud “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not … Read more

Festive Home Guild Show

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I visited the show that I submitted two paintings for as I discussed (click here) in a former blog post. It was fun to see everything. My painting, shown in the first photo below, is situated in the two story show at the top of the stairs.