Category Archives: Five bucks or fewer
Frozen Greek Yog Redux
I feel guilty cutting and pasting my latest article from the Ville’s semi-monthly paper, The Village Chronicles because that’s shameless lazy blogging.. But I’m going to anyway, because we made a new flavor last night and it’s so good that I’ll risk … Continue reading
Filed under Five bucks or fewer, Food, How Cool is That?
Frozen Pancakes:Cheap and Cheerful, Fab Fab and Fatal
My father was the breakfast cook when we were kids, and we loved the sight of that red box with the picture of the cheery black lady. Pancakes for breakfast! (Daddy’s still the breakfast cook, and come to think of it, Aunt … Continue reading
Pound Wise
I suspect Sara Lee introduced me to pound cake, as she had to pineapple-topped cheesecake. That was back in the day, when my mother’s time was consumed by four children, one with disabilities, a clean house, and a devoted lover — my father. … Continue reading
Filed under Five bucks or fewer, Food
End of Year Lists
I’m not talking about New Year’s resolutions (I have yet to keep one, so why bother?) or Christmas lists –somehow Christmas has become much simpler. I’m talking about those “Best of” lists that bloom in the first week of December, … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Collections, Five bucks or fewer, Media, Worth it anyway
Possible Death by Chocolate — A Night of Living Dangerously
Well, I’m exaggerating for effect — I’m gonna make it through the night. But in the last five years or so my body has been rejecting chocolate in an agonizing way, depriving me of one of the consolations of the … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Five bucks or fewer, Food, History
Let Me Eat Cake
I’m a good baker, sometimes a great baker. I make ice cream, I’ve made pannetone and cannoli from scratch, I’ve spun those crazy lovely caramel cages just as Julia showed me. I’m proud of my pastry, straight-up pie and puff as … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Five bucks or fewer, Food, Home
Rodeo Cheeseburger Redux
We were fustering around last night at about five o’clock, wondering what the Sam Hill we were going to have for dinner. We’ve never gone on a once a week food shopping trip, so unless we’ve picked up some protein … Continue reading
Filed under Five bucks or fewer, Food
Holy Jumping Hostas
I don’t think I saw a hosta until I was thirty-five. That perennial of the gas station meridian, the landscaper’s go-to-plant , the cliched unnoticed cluster of leaves, always ringed with white in landscaping circles, was a non-starter in my early gardening consciousness.Lou disliked … Continue reading
Filed under Five bucks or fewer, Growing things, Home, On the Street Where I Live
As August as Blueberry Pie
My apologies to Oscar Hammerstein for mashing up his lyrics to “I’m In Love With a Wonderful Guy.” It struck again last night, that hollow deprived feeling after a dandy dinner because I wanted something sweet — a mere ten days since I last ate a … Continue reading
Filed under Five bucks or fewer, Food, History
Petunias Win
I’ve always thought petunias are a pathetic excuse for a flower — ubiquitous, obvious and scentless. During my childhood I could walk around the block and see no other bedding plant but petunias — they became a sort of real … Continue reading
