28 January 2013

Cookstory: January 20, 2013. Stickin' it to the Blender.

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Afternoon Grilled Ham and Cheese and Grilled Turkey Sandwiches. The big news in our house: Susannah has discovered peanut butter and jel...
25 January 2013

Cookstory: January 18, 2013: Family Dinners and TV Trays.

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Evening Eggs, Bacon and Toast.  A couple of years ago, we (Laura and I) decided to focus more on the family dinner. We found ourselve...
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20 January 2013

Cookstory: January 16, 2013. Everything In Its Right Place; or, Mise En Place as the Metaphor for Life.

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Banana Bread.   One of the first things an experienced cook learns is the importance of mise en place . It's French for "putting ...
19 January 2013

Cookstory: January 14, 2013. A Soup 'Torn Apart'

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Monday was Susannah's eighth birthday. We celebrated with a dinner out Sunday at the restaurant of her choice: the Candlelite Chicago R...
15 January 2013

Cookstory: January 11-12, 2013. Just Call Me Eggy McEggMeister.

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By the end of this entry, there will be no question that I love eggs. I'd make 'em every day if I believed it was a healthy decisio...
12 January 2013

Cookstory: January 9, 2013: Gettin' Jiggy with the Omega-3s

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Evening Baked Sole Fillets with Herbs and Bread Crumbs . It wasn't all that long ago that I learned a two-part fact about the human ...
10 January 2013

Cookstory: January 7-8, 2013

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January 7, 2013 Morning Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich. For Piper's school lunch. Wrapped in foil. She reheats it in the cafeteri...
09 January 2013

A Crice-mas Story

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It's Christmas 2010. Susannah and I, we're cruising the aisles of a mall parking lot that, while not packed, is crowded for this ho...
08 January 2013

Cookstory: January 6, 2013: Serving Satan ... er, seitan.

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Morning Cream Of Wheat.  I just made it for myself, only because I needed to erase the memory of yesterday's salty disaster. Today: ...
07 January 2013

Cookstory: January 5, 2013. Encroaching on the Mom-In-Law's Territory

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Morning  Cream of Wheat. I can make one serving of this perfectly. If I'm lucky, I can pull off two bowls and it will still be passa...
05 January 2013

Cookstory: January 4, 2013. Breakfast For Dinner!

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For a long time now, the Bailey family has had a tradition of "Friday Night Movie Night." I look forward to it every week, and ...
03 January 2013

Cookstory: January 3, 2013

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More notes on the continuing development of this project at the end of this entry. After that busy first day, I didn't have to cook...
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01 January 2013

Cookstory: January 1, 2013

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I have an idea. I have no idea if it's going to work. But I've always thought that a blog would be a good place to work something li...
30 December 2011

Nothing Much Else Happened: December 30, 1978

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Today was a really bad day. It's too bad I had to end a perfectly good end-of-the-year with this. I ahd to do my magic show for Dan Kram...
29 December 2011

Nothing Much Else Happened: December 29, 1978

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Today was good enough to be a highlight day, but I think I have enough highlight days for one year. Lisa came with her parents and picked me...