Spiced Iced Tea
We hit a milestone this June, when our younger child finished kindergarten. I kind of scoff at the idea of graduations for tiny kids, but when faced with a gaggle of six year-olds serving tea and cake and awkwardly reciting poetry, it was tough not to get a little sniffly. Kindergarten is pretty awesome. You […]
Little Bites
Gung Hay Fat Choy! We make a point of eating dinner as a family most nights. It’s the way I grew up, and it’s still the time of day when getting everyone together works. We all seem to get up at different times and no one has the same idea of what constitutes a delicious […]
Making up for lost time?
Hey, long time no see! What have you been up to? This space has been empty for an awfully long time, and we’re sorry about that. I’d like to say we’ll be reformed bloggers this year, but you know how it goes. We do have a few recipes to share, so don’t abandon this space! […]
The Emperor’s Rolls
We had a first blaze of summery weather here last weekend, and our thoughts turned towards the delights of summer eating, of course. Back in Slovakia, the fruit trees are blooming and the cherries will soon start to form; here we’ve got strawberries still green and rock-hard, but strawberries! growing in our garden! When it […]
Roasted kale & cauliflower with gnocchi
This is one of those odd combinations that just works. It sounds like a recipe I threw together based on whatever’s in the fridge, and in fact you really could try using different elements here if that’s what you have. Cauliflower always seemed like such a dull vegetable, it’s colorless for heaven’s sake! But roasted, […]