When I saw Barrett’s post in the multi-authored-blog Too Many Chefs titled Curds and Whey – Indian Panir/Paneer – Easy Cheesy, I knew I had to try it, especially since the subsequent recipe for Palak Paneer – Indian Spinach and Cheese – First Version is one of my favorites to order in a restaurant. Making […]
Entries from March 2005
An edible experiment Miss Muffet might enjoy: Making Palak Paneer (Indian Spinach and Cheese)
March 17th, 2005 · 2 Comments
Tags: food
Missing my instruction manual
March 17th, 2005 · 4 Comments
When I heard the report on NPR, Imagining the Exterior of the Ideal Man, describing cultural differences between the definition of masculinity and expectations for men’s bodies in Taiwan and the United States, I felt strangely reassured. Not that I am happy to hear how American men struggle with perceived body image or become obsessed […]
Tags: women
Kitchen bouquet
March 17th, 2005 · 2 Comments
Tags: journal
No Do-Si-Dos for my daughters: thoughts on the ubiquitous Girl Scout cookie boxes
March 17th, 2005 · 2 Comments
Girl Scout cookies appear everywhere this time of year, as ubiquitous as the narcissus now blooming. Sometimes it seems that every girl in my community is eager to sell me Tagalongs or Do-Si-Dos. Whenever I enter the grocery store I am greeted by girls wearing sashes of badges asking me to buy a box. I […]
Tags: culture
“We Have a Little Emergency” Car Seat Occupancy ID Program
March 17th, 2005 · 1 Comment
As I sorted through boxes, I discovered the papers I had brought home with me (with newborn Elisabeth) from the hospital’s WHALE program. WHALE stands for “We Have A Little Emergency.†It is an identification program that was started in the early 1990s by a child caregiver on the East Coast who wondered what would […]
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