I know sometimes I must sound like a broken record repeating over and over again how much I love this time of year. I really do. I believe this is a consequence of a childhood where the days leading up to Christmas were always full of excitement. The pastry shop shelves full of beautifully packaged ...
One of my favorite columns on Oh Joy! is Lunch Lady where different artists share their lunch fares. So fun. So when Joy asked me if I would be interested in sharing one of my typical lunch meals, I jumped on the idea.And here it is, one of my usual suspects. Mushroom and walnut quinoa ...
Baking always serves as a great excuse to call friends and say, "can I come over?". Never fails. I love to package little treats when I visit friends and it is this time of year when I find myself baking non-stop.It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving when C. took the kids for the day so ...
It's hard to believe Thanksgiving came and went in a blink of an eye. 'What comes next?", asked J. who can only tell time by the order in which holidays are approaching. I really wanted to tell him to enjoy the moment, to savor every second he has because time will fly soon enough. But ...
Although I moved to this country as a young adult, I briefly experienced Thanksgiving years before in my year as an exchange student in Colorado living with the Bryants. They took me in as one of their own and to this day, I consider them family. I remember my first Thanksgiving with them with a ...