Monthly Archives: August 2009

Hi everyone. After a very brief break from intense cooking I am going to restart the process. (After much coaxing from all of you so thank you!) This time around I am tweaking all of my recipes – all 45. … Continue reading →

My older daughter, Neha, is like a grumpy old man. She’s always been like this – every since she was little. She gets up in the morning and there’s always something to complain about. This summer the big thing was … Continue reading →

I’m guessing I’m like most moms. I positively hate cooking for my kids at times. First getting them to sit down is a challenge and timing their hunger pangs with when I have food ready is another huge challenge. Despite … Continue reading →

I’m sorry I haven’t posted anything since last week. I’ve had a face stuffed with pizza – visting home (King of Prussia, PA). It’s really hard to type with a slice .. er. make that four slices … in one … Continue reading →

The last two days have been fairly typical of our crazy home and life… As we speak, Sandeep is upstairs with the plunger in the girls’ bathroom. Apparently Neha’s last masterpiece was the last straw for our overworked toilet. It … Continue reading →

The girls almost got a lesson in survival of the fittest per the wild animal kingdom we are cultivating in our back “yard.” Neha’s bird feeder is attracting all sorts of creatures: amazing birds, squirrels and now a rat. Lovely, … Continue reading →

Neha’s fish Rana died today. It’s about the 12th one that has perished in the tank of … death. With this book on my plate and another Sun-Times piece to work on I’m so not interested in cleaning a fish … Continue reading →

Folks, I was going to avoid blogging today but my cyber writing buddy C. on the west coast just became a follower of this site so I couldn’t disappoint! Thank you to all three of you that are following right … Continue reading →

This according to Vince. And no, not PHAT as in cool. Hip. Hot.But fat as in ingesting way more than I’m ejecting. Okay. And maybe he didn’t put it quite that way. Here’s what he did say – and this … Continue reading →

Well, my buddy Joyce Sobczyk – the personal shopper at Bloomingdale’s invited me to come to a sneak peak of Julie & Julia and then an after party at their homestore. If you haven’t been to see Joyce yet you … Continue reading →