I Want a Cookie!
You read that right. I want a cookie, and not just any old packaged store cookie. I want a homemade one: sweet, chewy, lightly burned on one side. You know, the kind that makes the […]
Tag: fun
Dear New York Winter
This is what I was feeling last week: Winter, Winter, cold and snow, Ice and slush and then some, Get out of here! Pack up and go! You’ve overstayed your welcome! (You were expecting maybe […]
Eating for Fun
Now that the holiday season is here, it is a good time to think about food, especially the sizes it comes in. Some advertising person somewhere thought up the term “fun size” for those little […]
Kathy’s Points to Remember
If you slap yourself and you feel it, you’ll know you are here. If you’re happy and you know it, people will wonder what you have been smoking. Never lend your favorite black marking pen […]
So Write, Already!
For most of the past week, I have been stuck at home, courtesy of a big arthritis flare-up in my right knee that turned me into a temporary cripple. A great chance to sit down […]
If Thank You Letters Told the Truth …
… they might look something like these: Dear Aunt Gertie: Thank you for the lovely gift. We don’t know what it is, but it gave the whole family a much needed laugh, and it continues […]
Bangladeshi Drink and the Seattle Yogurt Riots
Bangladeshi Appetizer BORHANI (spicy yogurt drink) INGREDIENTS ½ teaspoon coriander seeds ½ teaspoon cumin seeds ½ teaspoon brown mustard seeds or regular mustard seeds 2 green chiles. 4 tablespoons fresh mint leaves ½ teaspoon black […]
Life in New York City
They descend like swarms of bees. They cut in front of us in Starbucks.* They dawdle on Broadway and get in everybody’s way. They block crosswalks and subway exits. They take the width of a […]
Life in New York City
Language The official language of New York is English, but you’d never know it. Spanish is everywhere, even in subway advertisements. (I pick up a lot of Spanish from reading ads on boring subway rides.) […]
Panamanian Soup and Teenagers in Stasis Fields
Panamanian Soup SOCOCHO INGREDIENTS 4 garlic cloves 1 large onion 2 tomatoes 2 pounds yucca or cassava root 1½ pounds potatoes 2 pounds boneless chicken parts 2 teaspoons olive oil (additional ½ tablespoon later) 1 […]