I was at the vet’s office not too long ago with our dog, Luke, and the vet tech was asking me if Luke had any nicknames. I hesitated, then hedged. “Um, yeah. Yeah, he has a few.” I hoped he would drop the question. If only I’d been so lucky. “Oh yeah? Well, what are [...]
What’s that? You’re still using canned pumpkin for all your holiday baking? Good lord, why? Fresh pumpkin tastes much better and is fabulously easy to bake with! Follow along: First, get yourself a pie pumpkin. They’ll be near the winter squash in your grocery store. They look like this: Cut it in half (be careful!) [...]
I’m cutting it sort of fine on this one, but I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, wherever you are. We spent a lovely day at my dissertation advisor’s house and tomorrow we’re going to have another Thanksgiving at our house, just the two of us. Happy holidays!