the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
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I took another cooking class last week and this time tried to recreate some of the Indian dishes at home. We learned how to make tandoori chicken, butter chicken, palak paneer (spinach with cheese), and one or two other dishes.
I have learned a few cooking tips but mainly I have found that the dishes are [...]
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I was marinating steak tonight and my daughter asked me what it was and where it came from.
A cow that died? Awwww, poor cow.
In our conversations about death we have assured each other that we will all take care of each other for a long long time. Mommy will take care of her, she will [...]
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Daddy, did Michael Jackson take good care of himself?
My daughter and I have had an ongoing conversation over the past year about death. A favorite uncle died last year and Citrus has been trying to figure out what happened and why. It is impossible to prepare for her questions, so I treat them like any of the [...]
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It turns out that at least two friends have pomegranate molasses ready for deployment should a recipe call for it. How nice for them, 9,500 miles away from my cry for help. I’ve moved on.
We are going to a Hail and Farewell tomorrow evening. It is a potluck, a word almost synonymous with Berkeley, where I [...]
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Rotini with cauliflower, saffron, pine nuts and currants
It was as simple as baking chocolate cookies that got me motivated to prepare more elaborate dinners, or maybe it was the hunger. You can only open the refrigerator so many times only to find nothing good to eat and no one else to blame for it.
Elysia does [...]
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