four things we like: French onion soup (Smitten Kitchen channelling Julia Child) milk punch (Lottie + Doof) tomato sauce with onion and butter (Smitten Kitchen) shakshuka (Smitten Kitchen) three things I’d like to try soon: sea salt baked potatoes (101 Cookbooks) garlic butter roasted mushrooms (Smitten Kitchen) asparagus with butter and soy (Lottie + Doof) [...]
We think of dying eggs as an Easter craft project, but I don’t see why we can’t enjoy it beyond that day. This post is a record I can turn to when we color eggs again, but it’s also an invitation to this little science experiment / art project / cooking experience for you! On [...]
Noah loves to help us cook, and Eric recently had a very good idea: Noah might enjoy using a cookbook designed for him, a children’s cookbook. We found a few vegetarian cookbooks for younger cooks in our public library system and requested them. The first to arrive was Mollie Katzen’s Salad People and More Real [...]
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links for thought, July 2011 (2 of 2)
from Heidi Swanson at 101 Cookbooks, “Homemade Celery Salt Recipe” (I so want to try this.) from Jo Pollitt and Lilly Blue at Made by Joel, “The Joy of Creative Collaboration Between Adults and Their Children” Diving in to a shared process-based experience with children is different to making or setting up projects for children. There is something exhilarating about saying yes [...]