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Gingerbread Tree

December 18, 2011 · 2 comments

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We baked this weekend.  A lot.  Every year our kitchen turns into a Cookie Factory as we make 60 or more dozen Christmas cookies to box up and send out to friends and family all over the country. Julia’s favorite is gingerbread people (“gingerboys”), and so I always make plenty of those to keep around [...]

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Preparing for the Big Birthday Party

November 10, 2011 · 10 comments

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I think it was a great success.  Last weekend David’s mother Jeri turned 70, and we threw a party for her at our loft in Manhattan.  Twenty of Jeri’s girlfriends from her home in New Orleans flew in for the occasion (no husbands, except hers), and around 50 guests from New York joined them for [...]

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Dinner at Marta’s

November 7, 2011 · 4 comments

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I was in San Francisco the last week of October, and, as usual, the highlight of my visit was dinner with my friends Marta, Dan and John.  We’ve cooked together for many years, and this dinner came together like all the others –easily and over a cocktail or two and wine.  We made a loose [...]

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Birthday Punch (Adults Only)

August 29, 2011 · 2 comments

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Julia turned three last week, which meant, of course, that it was party time. (Julia’s very enthusiastic about birthdays.  On Tuesday, I heard singing from her room, “Happy birthday to my underwear, happy birthday to you!”) For the last two years, we split the revelry in two — an high-spirited afternoon kids party (menu: cupcakes), [...]

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Simply Perfect Apricot Tart

June 10, 2011 · 3 comments

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Both of my grandmothers made truly excellent pies and tarts, but they went about it in different ways.  One made piecrust as if she were diffusing a bomb –quiet, concentration and plenty of elbow room were required, and there was a certain amount of tension in the air.  The other just seemed to whip it [...]

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