Tag: <span>food</span>

Mistress Mary, Quite contrary How does your kohlrabi grow? Admittedly, that’s not quite the way the nursery rhyme goes.  But it might as well.  Just as mysterious to me as…

Kids and Treasures

Geraniums nodded in wrought iron window boxes.  High heels tapped on cobblestones.  Chocolate shavings curled atop decadent desserts.  A gold-painted mime struck a pose and froze for ten, twenty, thirty,…

Wanderings and Travel

Quick stops are the key.  Run in, run out.  Quick.  Before the sippy cup goes flying or the stroller harness gets too tight or the credit card is given away…

Wanderings and Travel

Summer has certainly sat down hard on Pittsburgh.  My local weather forecast, delivered at 7am this morning by an overly chipper forecaster whose pregnant belly blotted out half of the…

Wanderings and Travel

A chunk of pureed frozen okra caused me to squeeze back nostalgic tears.  Long past its expiration date, this frozen cube of green vitamins had to be pitched in the…

Thoughts and Musings

I just don’t get cupcakes.  I know they’re the latest boutique food craze and have been for some years.  But I just don’t get it.  Cake does not rank high…

Wanderings and Travel