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Saturday, January 16, 2010
A few of my favorites
There are so many phenomenal blogs out there. Some inspire me in the kitchen, some give me bits to think about, others inspire me as a wife and a mom, and some are just eye candy. If you scroll down the right hand side of this blog, you'll see that I have added links to some of my favorites under “sites that inspire me”.
Seriously, you're going to leave a tantalizing picture like that without telling us what it is or giving us a recipe or anything? What a tease! (-:
I'll definitely be checking out your list of sites, I love finding new great blogs. One that I recommend is Catherine Newman's weekly blog on Family.com (which is a Disney site). She started out on BabyCenter, and her writing was about her family and not really about food (but was wonderful writing.) That's where I fell in love with her (and her family). Now her writing is food and family together. She's called DalaiMama on the site. Here's the link: http://family.go.com/parent-to-parent/blogs/catherine-newman-blog/
Oh those old things-- ha ha ha-- kidding, kind of. Aren't they pretty? Wish I could pass along some fabulous recipe, but baking's not my forte. Those, my dear, are Trader Joe's cornbread mix made into muffins, with some local honey drizzled around the top before baking. It helps that the muffins cups are so gorgeous. Those came from New York Cake & Baking. They have a website: http://www.nycake.com/ but are not known for their customer service!!
P.S. LOVE the blog you sent me, though it seems that I have to physically go to the Family.com site to see updates? Couldn't get it to feed to my Google reader, though I wish I could. She's such a great writer! You are always so full of great links and ideas.
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When I wrote this blog, I described myself as a happy, healthy mom of two young children, who has a knack for being able to whip up family-friendly, healthy meals with whatever I find in our fridge, freezer and pantry. In these years of motherhood, I have come to appreciate that there is so much intertwined in "being healthy" and feeling good as a mother, wife and friend. As a super busy mom who raising young children, juggled part-time work, volunteering,keeping the house in order, writing this blog and the elusive goal of “me” time, I understand the need for recipes to be simple.
While I’d love to claim that I cook everything from scratch, with only local ingredients, I don’t. One of my children is a vegetarian, the other is a self-proclaimed "meatatarian", so mealtimes are a constant juggling act around here. But, I do a swell job of getting healthful meals made quickly…that everyone around here enjoys. And if you open my freezer, chances are you'll find a bevy of homemade meals at the ready.
My love of cooking comes from an entire childhood spent in Southern California, where phenomenal produce was available (and offered up) year round... memories of homemade meals and family dinners throughout my upbringing... my incredible exchange student experience living on a farm in Austria in high school... and years of fine-tuning my cooking skills through numerous classes at The Institute for Culinary Education (then called Peter Kump's), private cooking lessons at night after my day job at an investment bank, and a Professional Certificate in Techniques of Healthy Cooking from The Culinary Institute of America. I have a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from Northwestern.
Before writing this blog, I ran a (wildly popular) Fairfield County, CT-based personal chef service; consulted on private label food products; and worked in new product development and brand management for a really big food company.
As my children got older, and I had the dinner gig down pat, I shifted my focus and expertise. You can find out more about what I am up to here.
Seriously, you're going to leave a tantalizing picture like that without telling us what it is or giving us a recipe or anything? What a tease! (-:
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely be checking out your list of sites, I love finding new great blogs. One that I recommend is Catherine Newman's weekly blog on Family.com (which is a Disney site). She started out on BabyCenter, and her writing was about her family and not really about food (but was wonderful writing.) That's where I fell in love with her (and her family). Now her writing is food and family together. She's called DalaiMama on the site. Here's the link:
http://family.go.com/parent-to-parent/blogs/catherine-newman-blog/
-Loren
Oh those old things-- ha ha ha-- kidding, kind of. Aren't they pretty? Wish I could pass along some fabulous recipe, but baking's not my forte. Those, my dear, are Trader Joe's cornbread mix made into muffins, with some local honey drizzled around the top before baking. It helps that the muffins cups are so gorgeous. Those came from New York Cake & Baking. They have a website: http://www.nycake.com/ but are not known for their customer service!!
ReplyDeleteP.S. LOVE the blog you sent me, though it seems that I have to physically go to the Family.com site to see updates? Couldn't get it to feed to my Google reader, though I wish I could. She's such a great writer! You are always so full of great links and ideas.