soul food
This is for my friend Christa Sterken, who is craving something sweet today. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci You heard the man. You don’t have to serve Beef Wellington or profiteroles made from scratch to impress and delight your guests or your family (as if you needed to impress your family. You [...]
Have you ever found out at the last minute guests were coming for dinner? Stumped for a fast, easy, affordable way to pull off a dinner party for four? I’m guesting over at Splickety magazine on how to host a dinner party with just 24 hours notice–check it out, leave a comment, suggest a better dinner party…just [...]
Oh, happy day when your children learn how to cook! The sun shines, the birds sing, and for one brief moment, all is right with the world. Self-sufficiency is such a beautiful thing. If you spend your waking hours trying in vain to fill the bottomless pits of your children’s stomachs, you may wonder [...]
One summer, Quebec City mistakenly invited the violent French punk band “Beurier Noir” to the Summer Festival, thinking somehow that they were getting the Back Street Boys. The band’s unruly followers paced the brick-paved streets of the old city, scowling at everyone and spoiling for a fight. Dressed in black, tattooed and [...]
I am excited to be a contributing writer on Splickety Magazine’s Lightning Blog, an online “flash fiction” magazine. If you like to read, but don’t have time, try reading Splickety’s stories, always 1,000 words or less. Please click on the link to read my contribution and be sure to leave a comment while you’re there [...]
My friend Audrey Chin, author, world traveler, and fellow foodie, has just returned from Myanmar (formerly Burma) and shared this story about my favorite new baking ingredient, coconut palm sugar. Coconut palm sugar has a low glycemic index and is rich in potassium, magnesium, zinc, iron, vitamins B1, B2, B3, and B6. It has a subtle, caramel sweetness and can be used [...]
“That sure smells good.” Joe said wistfully, as he labored away at his vocabulary assignment. ”When will it be ready?” “In just a few minutes, then you can be my taste-tester,” I told him. I was trying another recipe from my far-away friend, Audrey Chin, author of Learning to Fly and the upcoming Heart Bones. [...]
Hi, I’m Kathleen. I write about food for body and soul. What’s your soul food?
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