I found the Hubbard! The last time was in 2016 and I look every year. I happened to be walking by the vegetable stand near my home when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw it—larger than life, larger than the turkey I plan to cook. I hauled it home and stared at … Continue reading
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Essential Ingredient
If it’s October, it’s time to make plum pudding. I learned how to make this traditional English Christmas treat in a cooking class in 1977 and I have made it every year since. If I do the math correctly, this is my forty-third year. I can still hear the voice of the cooking instructor, a … Continue reading
Double Birthday!
September 9, 2020. My son Tyler turns forty! My sister, Linda Sue, turns seventy! How did that happen?! I’m all about the party. Preparations must be made. Cake! Champagne! Balloons! Dancing girls? Well, I’ve been known to toss a feather boa about…Okay, wait. Pandemic? So, no social gatherings. Oy vey! I got a request from … Continue reading
The Serena In Us
Originally posted on Teri Carter's Library:
Serena Williams is arguably—though I can’t conjure any reasonable argument—the greatest female tennis player of all time, both fiercely respected and roundly feared on the court. And yet with the start of each tournament, especially the majors, the unrelenting commentary on Serena begins. At this summer’s Wimbledon, the…
The Saturday Blog: Dessert
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Please!
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.Abraham Lincoln A variation of the original quote is “please”. You can’t please all the people all the time. Boy, am I learning! I am a beginning … Continue reading
