September 2012

Marrakech Bachelor’s Stew

September 20, 2012 · 5 comments

At the end of dinner party last week we were all lamenting the end of summer when David chimed in, “Do you you know what I’m looking forward to about the fall?”  (I’m thinking, autumn leaves?  The end to this stifling humidity?)  “Braised meats and pumpkin fondue.” A day or two later the weather broke, […]

This is another of the flatbreads that I made for Julia’s “adult” fourth birthday celebration.  It’s also become the current family favorite weekend lunch.  Julia, of course, knows how to flatter her father into action, “Papa, you make the best pizza in the world!” It really isn’t pizza, though.  Its whole wheat base is nice […]

Dining Room Rug: Update

September 6, 2012 · 6 comments

Yes, it is a bit small.  Of course, that’s not actually our new dining room rug: it’s a sample made to test the colors we had chosen for the custom rug that we’ve now ordered –about a year later than we had planned. The delay is almost completely the result of our own indecision.  The […]