November 29, 2007 – 8:40 pm
It’s that time of year again. Thanksgiving is past and now sets in the search for The Perfect Gift. For everyone on your list. I’m not a big fan of the commercial side of the holidays, but we live in wine country and my husband and I are both in the wine industry, so we often […]
November 26, 2007 – 12:06 pm
This post is a lot like everything else the week after Thanksgiving—full of leftover tidbits. Only instead of turkey and stuffing and pecan pie, they happen to be random thoughts, a few stray questions, and two leftover recipes.
ON THANKSGIVING
In all honesty, Thanksgiving is not one of my favorite holidays. It comes at the time of year when […]
November 22, 2007 – 10:00 am
We have a gorgeous 15–pound heritage turkey in the fridge bathing in a miso rub. We have balsamic braised cipolline onions all set to go. We have a pumpkin mascarpone pie (I’m on a ROLL . . . I think pumpkin is good for me) all ready to slice. “The Eloquent One” and his wife […]
November 19, 2007 – 2:58 pm
As we hover in the 11 days between Noe’s birthday and the year anniversary of our being “matched” with her, I’ve been gushing with gratitude (literally . . . I thanked the garden before pulling out the last of the eggplant last weekend). It seems the fuller I become with love for her, the more […]
November 13, 2007 – 11:33 am
Welcome to the brand new look of Swirling Notions! Many thanks to Shazia Mistry for her hard work and patience with my “tweaks,” and to Easton Ellsworth and MamaBlogga and eMoms at Home for their blogging tips. I’m so happy with how the design turned out (see, Jo . . . no black) and I […]
November 9, 2007 – 6:49 am
A few weeks back, I tagged a few of my fellow bloggers and asked them to share their favorite braises. Some, in turn, tagged others and thus a Braisy Chain was born. Here’s what’s simmering so far:
Wine Braised Duck with Chestnuts and Polenta
Amanda, from Figs, Olives, Wine, concocted this gorgeous Wine Braised Duck with […]
November 1, 2007 – 1:29 am
Yet another self-indulgent post here . . . for three reasons:
1) My daughter is turning turned one (ONE!) on Tuesday and we had her party this past weekend, with loved ones mingling and toasting and sipping pink champagne. I swear, when we all broke out into Happy Birthday, Noe clapped her hands and got this look […]
