I’m weird about peanuts. I know this. Cocktail peanuts? No. Won’t eat them. Won’t buy a package of mixed nuts that includes them. Chunky peanut butter? No. That’s peanut butter...
Restaurants and Food
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Coconut Ginger Chicken & Vegetables
I know Mr. Sandwich won’t go for this. I know I will. I really want to see how Baguette feels about it. It sounds delicious, and like something I can...
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Ham and Beans
I’m trying to cook more, and to use what I have. One of the things I have is several freezer bags of ham, left over from a bout of Christmas...
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Holiday Traditions: Roundup
I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas–unless you don’t celebrate it, in which case I hope you had a very nice day. We can all use nice...
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Last-Minute Frenzy
Not shopping, thank goodness–but we have two days off while Baguette’s day care is still open, and that means that we’re trying to fit both relaxation and accomplishment into that...
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Have a Holly, Jolly, Blurry Christmas
I’ll probably post again before the weekend, but as we’re midway through our various celebrations, this seems as good a time as any to hurl holiday cheer into the Internet...
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Chopsticks
We were going to teach her, but she beat us to it.
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Holiday Traditions: Food
Growing up, we ate nothing in particular (well, something, not just anything specific) on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning was usually sour cream coffee cake with eggs and bacon. For Christmas...
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Electronics: Yes. Machinery: No.
Seriously, that’s what Baguette kept saying yesterday as I was using the stand mixer: “No, Mommy!” I tried to explain that I was making shortbread, which she loves, but I...
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Traveling with Toddlers
First, just don’t do it. We just got back from a Thanksgiving visit to family in San Jose, and it was wonderful to see all of them. But the process...