Category Archives: Kitchen

Soup’s On!

Just the other day I said that I don’t do reading challenges. And now I’ve signed up for one! It’s called Soup’s On, it’s hosted by Ex Libris, and it’s a cookbook challenge!

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What’s for tea, mum? Part 2

A few weeks ago I briefly alluded to a non-fiction book I was reading, The China Study. At the time I said it deserved its own post, and here it is.

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Happy birthday, world!

If you are celebrating Rosh Hashanah this weekend, I wish you a very happy one. This afternoon I and my family plan to stuff ourselves to the gills with these amazing apples dipped in honey. Shana tova!

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In memoriam

I learned last night that a very dear friend of my parents passed away on Friday. She was the mother of the Cool Older Girl who read Catcher in the Rye out loud to me. She died of complications from diabetes.

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Homeschooling chez Bookworm

Frustrated Inspired by my kids’ constant carping over my shortcomings in the dinner-planning department, about a month ago I decided it was time to augment their public school education with a little Home Ec. Tuesday night is Kids’ Night now. Joey and Lena take turns on alternating weeks planning and cooking dinner.

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Phrase of the day

When psychologists do experiments with lab rats, they deliberately keep them underfed because hungry rats learn faster. When the experiment is over, the psychologists let them eat as much as they want. Sometimes they gorge themselves so badly that they become prostrate and unresponsive. This state is called satiation shock.

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The one good thing about Halloween

I hate Halloween. Orange and black are ugly colors. Costumes are expensive, uncomfortable to wear, and they (mostly) look stupid. All that sugar makes my kids unrecognizable. And what good is a holiday if it doesn’t involve a great big festive meal with extended family?

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