My ghetto photo studio

My ghetto photo studio

My cookbook editor, Holly, is flying down to Florida and spending the entire day/eve with me tomorrow! I”m really looking forward to meeting her in person, since we’ve been working closely together for the past few months. We’ll be spending the day...
Emotionally draining. Happy ending.

Emotionally draining. Happy ending.

I don’t even know where to begin, but to say that last week was one of the most draining that I’ve experienced. I felt like I was a rubber ball thrown from one wall of emotion (terrified) to another (scrambling, nervous) to another (relieved, elated) to...
Praying Panties & Sparkles the Alligator

Praying Panties & Sparkles the Alligator

We bought some Praying Mantis egg cases (you can get them from Gardener’s Supply) – one of them finally hatched and we all watched in wonder as hundreds of Praying Panties wiggled their way out of the egg case. Yes, only my kids would call them Praying...
Chinese New Year Food Superstitions

Chinese New Year Food Superstitions

February 7th marks the beginning of the rodent’s 12- month reign as the Year of the Rat. The more popular Chinese New Year traditions, like the dragon dance, red lanterns and firecrackers, are easy to talk about, but I wanted to interview my parents for their take on...
Friendship in the Form of Duck Necks

Friendship in the Form of Duck Necks

Sometimes friendship comes in the form of a beautiful, silky, hand-made apron from Cookie Baker Lynn The apron is gorgeous! Thank you Lynn! Then, there are other times that friendship comes in a big box of miscellaneous animal parts: This guy looks way too chipper for...