From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Molly Wizenberg’s French Chocolate Granola

by eliz on February 28, 2009

I found this recipe for chocolate granola on Luisa Weiss’ The Wednesday Chef, and I’ve been waiting for the perfect day to make it. It was one of those Parisian-like rainy early-spring days yesterday, and when I heard it was going to rain all weekend, I made it last night.
Luisa adapted the recipe from Molly [...]

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Friday Quickies, Vol. 4

by eliz on February 27, 2009

(Left, celebrity DABA girl Salma Hayek lands her baby daddy, Francois-Henri Pinault, whom she married on Valentine’s Day.)
1. When I read about the DABA girls in the New York Times, I loved it for its brazen, pitiless honesty. As someone whose fortunes have dramatically changed as a result of the recession, I have sympathy [...]

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Routine Matters

by eliz on February 24, 2009

Of all my weaknesses, not having a daily routine I can stick to is the one that causes me the most stress. It has certainly been made worse by not working outside the house, but I was always overscheduled and scrambling even when I worked. Being responsible for a child helps impose some structure, but [...]

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