I would have enough to fill my time without having to attend to the need to eat, but it just so happens I care a good deal about food, as does the rest of my family. Some folk are so driven by their work or their art that food and its preparation take a back [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Because it had to come to food at some point: a week of meals
Posted in Food, Parenting, tagged braised chicken, crêpes, dinner, family meals, Mark Bittman, meals, okra, salmon, sausage on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Popular toys, gender stereotypes and body functions
Posted in Observations, Parenting, tagged books, France, gender stereotypes, popular toys, presents, shopping, toys on December 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I’m on the phone on a work conference call, and in the middle of it, I see an email pop up from my mother, subject line: Christmas caca. For those of you who might be linguistically challenged, that translates to “Christmas doodoo.” (My mother lives in France.) Of course I have to take a look [...]
On building one’s village
Posted in Being the people, Food, Observations, Parenting, tagged childcare, communal living, community, help, networks, shared chores, sharing, village on December 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In follow-up to my last post, I’d like to introduce you to the concept of our “commune.” I put this in quotes, because it is not REALLY the nature of the arrangement I’m about to describe, but the term that our friends use in jest, and also I suspect, for some, in mild jealousy. You [...]
