Tag Archives: Autumn
Internet Blues and Pork Belly roasted with rosemary
The internet is down. We must telephone Time Warner. It’s been 50 minutes. Jon paces the room ruffling his hair into an unruly afro. “I have pretty much no confidence that this is a path of enquiry that will lead … Continue reading
Penne with Pumpkin and sage breadcrumbs
So the big news is … My sister got engaged!! To Matt, the extremely lovely man she’s been dating since University. Happy doesn’t even begin to cover it really. It’s just good good news, happening to people who deserve to … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, breadcrumbs, cream, easy, engaged, fall, penne, pumpkin, sage, Sarah, wedding
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Hot Spiked Apple Cider
If you are lucky enough to be given the keys to a cottage in upstate New York in the middle of Fall, then this is the drink that you’re going to want to be sipping on the porch.
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Tagged apple cider, Autumn, cinnamon, colors, fall, fall colors, leaves
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Chicken with thyme in a wine cream sauce
There’s a an old joke that I think of whenever I pick thyme leaves off the little plant that’s survived windowsills, balconies and back to a window sill again, hardy as can be. “You want to hear a joke about … Continue reading
Butternut Squash Apple Soup, Thanksgiving Balloons, Romanticism and Transience
It’s become an absolute Thanksgiving tradition that the night before the parade Jon and I head to the Natural History Museum to see the giant balloons tethered down under nets, ready and waiting to fly.
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Tagged apple, Autumn, butternut squash, cheese, crouton, fall, Parade, soup, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Balloons
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White Cranberry Cosmopolitans – because sometimes a stiff drink can really help
As Thanksgiving approaches it’s good to have a cocktail on hand to combat any seasonal stresses. My in-laws are visiting from Scotland this year, and though ordinarily I would not find this stressful, the last parental visit we had coincided … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, cocktail, fall, festive, Thanksgiving, white cranberry cosmopolitan
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Maple Bourbon Cider, and the things people say at parties that kill the room stone dead.
You know the set up – a party, lots of chat, lots of noise. And suddenly somebody says something that synchs up with an infinitesimal lull, and a sentence slices through the atmosphere like a hot knife through butter. “Then … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, Autumn, bourbon, cider, cocktail, fall, party conversation killers
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A Rotarian Halloween and Whole Roasted Pumpkins with Butternut Squash Risotto – This Dinner Will Get You Laid
One Halloween when my husband was a kid, he was picked by his school to be in one of those murder mysteries that were the absolute Newest Craze – the kind that you can still buy now in a box … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, butter, fall, halloween, parmesan, pumpkin, risotto, Rotarians
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Apple Crumble and Elves
It started because I bought Jon a set of espresso cups for his birthday, and wondered aloud what we could do with the saucers. Since poor co-ordination so early in the morning had been the downfall of the last cups, … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, Autumn, baked potatoes, caramel, cinnamon, crumble, elves, fall
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Better than Bears – and a comforting, yet totally date-night appropriate Greek Chicken Stew
As Fall colors start to paint the country in shades of fire, two friends of our recently returned from a hiking holiday, which they described in glowing terms apart from one small setback:
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Tagged Autumn, bears, chick peas, chicken, date night, easy, entertaining, fall, Greek, lemon, one pot, oregano, stew, tomato
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