Category: Recipe

Growing up, we did a lot of traveling. As a military brat of parents with itchy feet, I had about 19 addresses by the time I left home for college at 18 years of age. We also did a lot of travel on the cheap for vacations. I’d been in 42 states until I finally…

Pavlova: A Sweet Cloud Confection

Aug 3, 2016

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in Cooking, family, Philosophy, Recipe

I had the privilege of attending a friend and fellow author‘s citizenship ceremony this last month, which was an amazing thing to see. Those of us who are born into it don’t think enough about the privileges we take for granted. The individual liberties, freedoms, and responsibilities we bear. It is our solemn duty to…

Korean Elk Tacos

Jul 31, 2016

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This is a post about trying new things. Last summer I took the Geeky Kids to Jungle Jim’s and let them pick out an exotic meat to try in a recipe. We wound up making Kangaroo Pot Pies, which were delicious and they loved. This summer, I was lobbying for Llama, but the girls said…

The Geeky Kids Cool Off

Jul 26, 2016

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in childhood, Cooking, family, Food, motherhood, Recipe

As promised, the first in the short summer series of fun activities to do with your geeky kids. Unfortunately, because of the heat, we haven’t been doing much, really, except that there has been a lot of reading. And we’ve been making ice cream. The Little Man started the first recipe, by wanting me to…

Eat This While You Read That: Lee and Miller

Jul 13, 2016

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A couple of weeks ago I featured a lowly, plebian sandwich on ETWYRT. Today’s recipe is pretty much the exact opposite of the zombie apocalypse grilled cheese. I really enjoy the Liaden series, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. I came into it backwards, in a way, discovering Fledgling through the Baen webscriptions, and then…

Easy-Peasy Ciabatta Bread

Jul 10, 2016

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I needed a bread for an ETWYRT recipe, and it’s been a while since I made this, but it’s so good. And it’s super easy to make up, it just takes a while. This is a bread that can take two days to make, or you can do it in five hours. Most of that…

Eat This While You Read That: Mark Wandrey

Jun 30, 2016

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You know, usually with an ETWYRT meal it’s fun. I enjoy the process of cooking, and photographing. Preparing, staging, and shooting Mark’s meal made me giggle like a madwoman, much to the amusement of the First Reader, although once he realized what Mark had given me, and what I planned to do, he was making…

Eat This While You Read That: Jim Baen

Jun 22, 2016

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Writing this post made me reflect on missed opportunities. I never got to meet Jim Baen in person. I would have liked to, and to take him pecan sandies, which I knew were his favorites. Sadly, I couldn’t travel, and then, he was gone. But he’ll never be forgotten and I wanted to pay…

Father’s Day: Spicy Ribs

Jun 19, 2016

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Since men are usually the masters of the grill, playing with fire and slabs ‘o meat and slathering on the heat in the form of hot sauces… Dads, this recipe is for you. If you’re grilling, you’ll want to have two fire receptacles available. One should be a smoker or grill with a cover. This…

Memories and Ice Cream

Jun 16, 2016

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We were sitting on the porch at Dorothy-Mom’s house last week, talking. Making plans for summer, musing about summers gone by, and relaxing. We do that a lot at her house. But I mentioned that I’d gotten an ice-cream maker, partly for an ETWYRT recipe, and partly for the kids to amuse themselves with this…

Eat This While You Read That: Chris Smith

Jun 15, 2016

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