As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. ~Buddy Hackett It’s safe to say that the by-product of the back-to-school rush is a frenetic household environment. Until a sense of routine is established, everything seems a little bit undone. New start to the school day, different bus pick up times, later school days, after school, religious school, increase in homework – all of these factors exacerbate the pace of the day and usually what tends to suffer most is dinner time. For me, after a long harried day at … [Read more...]
Wholly Guacamole!
September 2, 2011 By 9 Comments
There have been many lessons learned these past four days without power in the wake of Hurricane Irene. One lesson: how quickly food spoils when you don't have a working refrigerator or freezer! But, as I have been preaching all along, you have to try to make lemonade from lemons. That meant taking a full survey of our pantry items to see how far we could stretch our dry meals over the duration of the blackout. Lucky for everyone, my new found love affair with avocados helped us relish in some amazing guacamole. Actually, the guacamole was … [Read more...]
Friday-Frenzy–Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane
August 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Everyone's bracing for Hurricane Irene. I went to the grocery store to stock up like everyone else on the Eastern Seaboard. Boy, was that stupid. At the deli counter, I pulled ticket number 69 and they were only at number 19. After preparing a huge dinner tonight for 11 people and shopping for a weekend's worth of food for 11 people, we've now learned that our family from Baltimore isn't going to make the trip due to the weather forecast. So, a weekend's worth of cook outs and camp outs and dinners out and birthday … [Read more...]
When It’s Ok To Be Crabby
August 22, 2011 By 7 Comments
I Love You...A Bushel (of crabs) and a peck.... A Marylander's rendition of "Bushel and a Peck" from Guys and Dolls Growing up not far from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, summertime meant CRABS! Lump crab. Steamed crabs. Crab soup. Crab cakes. Crab salad. We sought out every possible opportunity and method to eat crabs. For my family, crab feasts often helped earmark certain celebrations: school graduations, milestone anniversaries, birthdays or simply celebrating SUMMER. Inevitably, after a night of crab merriment, I'd wake up the … [Read more...]
