One of my earliest memories was dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller. I loved that cassette, but until my parents brought old photos when they came to visit this past weekend I didn’t remember how much I must’ve loved Michael Jackson.
That’s exactly what it looks like – the cake for my 6th birthday was decorated with [...]
Today is Mark’s birthday. Even though we are not celebrating for a few more weeks (nobody is around on thanksgiving weekend, and Mark will be gone for the next 2 weeks), I wanted to do something special on the actual day. I knew that he loves bagels with lox and cream cheese, and other than [...]
Today started out so well. When I got out of the Bart, I was greeted by sun and warm air. Hooray! To celebrate (really, to be lazy), I decided to go to Starbucks to feed my addiction: an eggs-florentine sandwich. So. Frickin. Good. I hadn’t been there in a while as I [...]
According to this article in the NYTimes, Crespina, Italy, is now the sister city to my dear hometown of Staten Island, NY. I cannot begin to tell you how funny that is to me. Apparently officials in Crespina were so thrilled that they threw a parade. I wonder if they had met the [...]
this post brought to you by mark. cara’s hungry, and her back is hurting, and i’m going to be a wonderful boyfriend and make her breakfast. oh yes i am.
i made this up using the meat leftover from my mom’s stuffed cabbage recipe:
1/2 lb ground beef
1 egg
1/4c rice
1/4c onion
raisins
pistachios
1can tomatoes
2 leaves chopped kale
cinnamon
coriander
red pepper flakes
salt
pepper
cook rice for 10 minutes, until mostly done.
in a bowl, combine beef, egg, rice, onion, cinnamon, coriander, red
pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. form into small meatballs.
in a pot, combine can [...]
Mark and I went to the farmer’s market today. We’re trying to do that regularly, so we always have fresh vegetables in the house (you know the type, sits on a fridge shelf, throwing glowering looks at you as it molders away, turns into rotten pulp just when you’ve remembered to use it). We’re [...]
3 guesses as to what these are.
Wrong! This was my attempt to be a good jew. I attempted to make my mom’s fabulous stuffed cabbage (when I was a kid, nay, even 3 years ago, I would have made gagging noises at this dish. My tastes have matured. That’s probably [...]
