'Food Memoir'


In the Glamour magazine’s September edition which hits the newsstands August 11, Meryl Streep talks about chicken and how to make it last all week. Streep likes chicken…organic only, please. 

She starts by making Julia Child’s roast chicken and…

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I loved the book, Julie and Julia by Julie Powell.  The food memoir is soon to be a major motion picture starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep.

The year is 2002 and Julie Powell is a bored temp…

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Well, since I just did a post slamming the Girl Scouts for not making homemade baked goods for their public service project, I thought it would be useful to…

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A few years ago, I started a cousins’ group on Yahoo. First there were just four of us girl cousins – two living in Ohio, me in Arizona, and one in California. After awhile we expanded it to include…

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I always wanted to make a gingerbread house and seven (7) years ago the timing was perfect to share this experience with my family.  Almost everyone in my…

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I’ve been delinquent in posting weight loss updates.

Let’s see — I’m in maintaining mode which is still better than being in gaining mode.

For months now I have maintained my 10 pound weight loss but my goal was…

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Yesterday was my birthday and I turned one of those numbers that makes your heart stop and gives great pause to the universe.

I don’t know what I expected but it was just like any other day except I…

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So far I have lost 12 pounds. I am losing weight at a snail’s pace but at least I’m still losing.

When I had a friend visit from out of town, I gained back 2 pounds but lost it.…

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Here’s another page in my so-called low glycemic life. Forgive me dude for I have only gone to the gym once. I had a big life hiccup and was unable to process much. But I must credit myself for…

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Well, I do not do as well as I might have thought. It’s okay as I have to confess here rather than brush it under the carpet.

I did go to the gym and walk 4.42 miles (divided by…

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