Happier Family Life, the French Way?

A reflection on Pamela Druckerman’s “Bringing Up Bébé” Last summer one of my first posts here admired the seemingly hands-off style of 1970’s parenting. Go back and read if you like. Kitty Foreman’s hair shaking is priceless. Turns out, what I really needed to do was go a little Parisian. Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela […]

Sweet Potato Salad with Broken Glass

The correct name for this recipe is: “Sweet Potato Salad with Carmelized Onions, Watercress, and Guajillo Chile Dressing”. This dish had more oil-everywhere problems than BP. (Too soon?) Ultimately we LOVE this recipe and we’ve already repeated it for friends, since making it the first time. The second time I didn’t even break anything. Please do not laugh […]