Tag Archives: food

Things that make you wonder

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Mary Beth Frezon

I have three major bread books. I haven’t put them on my digital kitchen scale but maybe I should. I was noticing this weekend that the three together make a heavy pile o’books quite unlike any other piles of related … Continue reading →

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The Day After

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Mary Beth Frezon

I’ll be honest. Our family has never been huge on vegetables or wide-ranging in the “acceptable vegetable” dept. So, it was heart-warming to see a table that had: mashed potatoes (of course, but still a veggie) sweet potatoes (ditto for … Continue reading →

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How to run anything

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Mary Beth Frezon

From the NYTimes how to lead a successful Thanksgiving campaign (dinner) as well as a list from Mark Bitten of 101 things you can make before your oven gets tied up with the big bird. In other news, i wondered … Continue reading →

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Not all Martha…

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Mary Beth Frezon

“You can make these as intricate or fancy as you like,” she said, “or you can make them plain and simple. You don’t have to get all kinds of Martha with it.” And whatever Martha (ptui ptui) would say, this … Continue reading →

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Dept. of Rant, Early-Summer edition

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Mary Beth Frezon

Places where the employees cannot distinguish between “unsweetened” and “sweet” should not be allowed to sell iced tea at all.

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