I typically talk about food and food related topics on my blog but for this I’ll make an exception and chalk it up to my obsession with the entrepeneurial spirit and how the woman pictured to the left embodies the concept. For all of you foodies out there who own businesses, read on.
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Archive for October, 2007
The opposite of Networking is NOT working
Posted in Friends, tagged andrea, networking, nierenberg on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Philly Burbs 2
Posted in Events, tagged chowder, corn, recipe, soup on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My first piece for www.phillyburbs.com is officially out! Fall Soups 101 chronicles a recent visit by Randall’s family to our home in Erwinna and how a sojourn for burgers and corn turned into my corn chowder. I’ll be posting monthly, with a short description of the inspiration for the recipe, a photo, the recipe and [...]
“You don’t like my potato salad….?”
Posted in Mom, Our family, Recipes, tagged mayonnaise, moms, salad on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
That line was uttered by my mother and accompanied by her slowly making the sign of the cross, in a most dramatic fashion, as she often did when she heard something she thought utterly preposterous. I replied, “I didn’t say I didn’t like your potato salad, ma, rather I said I didn’t like any potato salad.”
“But, the [...]
I dreamed a dream kitchen
Posted in Home and Kitchen, tagged dreams, kitchens, pizza on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At night, when I turn off the lights and head upstairs, I take a last glance at the kitchen that I fantasized about for 18 months while this home was being designed and built. At 440 square feet, it is my temple to gastronomy. A six foot by 11 foot island topped by gleaming black walnut the [...]
Pizza Passion
Posted in Early memories, Home and Kitchen, tagged dc, mugnaini, pizza on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It all started with lunch. Ten or so years ago. Picture it, Dupont Circle, Washington DC….Pizzeria Paradiso. A wood fired pizza oven blazed in the background while we awaited its tasty contents. I was mesmerized. Upon our return to NYC, I obsessed over Google research about wood fired ovens for home use. It turns out that there is [...]
Butternut and Peanut and Coconut
Posted in Recipes, tagged pumpkin, Soups, thai on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am toying with the idea of turning the curried butternut squash soup I made yesterday into a Thai peanut soup. The soup starts with roasted butternut squash and is enriched with cocunut milk and curry powder–classic Thai flavors. But on tasting it, it’s missing something and yesterday while in the car I realized what it [...]
Philly burbs
Posted in Events, tagged philadelphia on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s where we live, but it’s also a site where I have been asked to contribute monthly on the subject of food and entertaining. So look for my monthly column, beginning with Fall Soups 101 this week. I’ll share the story behind the recipe, and some tips to make your food sing! http://guides.phillyburbs.com/food-entertaining
