it’s a curd to me

It’s a birthday again around here, and this one has all the markings of what my mother likes to call a Polish Festival. She had a good friend when I was little who was a Polish doctor, and he clued us in to a host of Polish customs whenever he [...]

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March 23rd, 2012 | Category: birthdays, dessert, gluten free, preserved lemons, whining | 2 comments

topsy turvy

I have wanted to tell you about this cake since last week, but I have faced a number of obstacles. One, it’s supposed to be a rhubarb cake, and the rhubarb is not up yet. Two, my son had the chicken pox. Three, [...]

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March 21st, 2012 | Category: cake, daffodils, dessert, rhubarb, waiting and waiting for the food to come up | 2 comments

no cake

I know I promised you cake, and I have exactly the cake it was going to be in my mind’s eye. I don’t have it on a plate, though, because instead of blog posts and baking in our house, today we have the chicken pox. Well, only one of us does: my son, who is [...]

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March 16th, 2012 | Category: breakfast, surf''s up | 4 comments
 
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