Turning the calendar to December brings many happy memories, tinged with the sepia hue of nostalgia. The tree usually went up during the first week, leaving its silky pine needles strewn about the liv… more →
Fresh Cracked PepperJen wrote 1 week ago: Turning the calendar to December brings many happy memories, tinged with the sepia hue of nostalgia. … more →
Jen wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m back from a birthday visit to Winnipeg, and feeling a little more reflective than usual. M … more →
Jen wrote 1 month ago: Remember these? The leafy crunchy greens that had me swooning in a Colorado mountain town are back. … more →
Jen wrote 3 months ago: I passed a food milestone yesterday. A friend of my mother’s came through town last week beari … more →
Jen wrote 3 months ago: Oh how I wish I had that Viking hat right now. The one with the big horns sticking out of a plastic … more →
Jen wrote 4 months ago: One of my favorite authors once wrote “how we spend our days, is of course, how we spend our l … more →
Jen wrote 8 months ago: I could do the cucaracha right now. Problem is, I don’t really know what the cucaracha is. But … more →
Jen wrote 8 months ago: Sure happiness might be a warm gun to the Beatles, but to me, it’s a piece of halva the size o … more →
Jen wrote 8 months ago: If only there was something yummy and exotic that made itself. Something you could just quickly cut … more →
Jen wrote 10 months ago: Spring rolls in. Rolls of spring. Freshly spring rolls in. I tried coming up with a more clever titl … more →
Jen wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago, on a Saturday saturated with the smell of fallen leaves baking in the sun, I went a … more →
Jen wrote 1 year ago: I first tasted dolmas, or stuffed grape leaves, in Greece. I was 19 and still more or less uneducate … more →
Jen wrote 1 year ago: I really like making up names for the stuff I bake, kind of like Grandpa did. It’s not that an … more →
Jen wrote 1 year ago: There’s only one problem with getting into fitness: inevitable weakening in the face of the su … more →
Jen wrote 1 year ago: I’m sure it had already been invented, but my mom and I like to think we coined the special hy … more →
Jen wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes I miss watching Sesame Street. I don’t even know if it’s on anymore, or what n … more →
Jen wrote 1 year ago: My ten year hiatus from lap swimming ended abruptly when I decided to start training for a triathlon … more →
Jen wrote 1 year ago: I just realized that I started this new site in sync with the beginning of Lent. What was I thinking … more →