This particular risotto is tied to something a little deeper, but it doesn't matter if your craving comes with a "situation" or not. Risotto is comforting and restorative no matter what you're wrangling... but it seems like a lot of people skip it because it has a reputation for being persnickety or difficult. If I'm honest, there are probably plenty of people who dodge me because I'm persnickety or difficult. I had been craving risotto and restocked my arborio rice supply, and there is ... View Post
The Restorative Effects of Risotto on Tweens & Parents
"We had a situation last night..." she said. I know this mom, and when I look into her eyes, I feel good about what I see there. Her tween daughter and mine are not the same, but there is a valor I see in this mom that I find reassuring. We had our time in the iron shackles: the morning after the sleepover, each mother arrived and marveled at the situation: surely not! we thought. Not my child! we assured ourselves. But it was. It was our children. We'd like to think they know better, that ... View Post
Moins Mais Mieux
[dropcaps]I[/dropcaps]n the summer of 2009, we packed our bags for Paris to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary... with our five year old in tow. Sophie was always a miniature adult, so there was never really any question that we would take her - she was an easy kid. Many of my best memories of our time in Paris are the impromptu moments that unfolded without any scripting or planning. The restaurants and world-class museums were fabulous, of course - but it is the simple, ... View Post
On Starting Down The Foodie Path
Our oldest daughter - now 11 - has been in and around the kitchen at The Good House a good part of her life. For several years, she's made a substantial fair season income tending to the neighbors' chickens, and she's done plenty of cooking (and assisting) on and off since she was old enough to don an apron or help in the garden. Recently, she's show even more interest in food by concocting stylized breakfasts for her sister, handling all hard-boiled egg preparations for the ... View Post
Extra Birthday Fun
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and it's advertiser. #GiveExtraGum #shop This weekend we celebrated Sophie's 10th birthday with a giant "party of the decade" (including a craft project using Extra gum as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias®). I'm not going to lie: I panicked a bit that I've been a parent for a decade - which is impossible, I'm not old enough ... View Post
La vie, c’est belle.
I love to write, to reflect, and process the life I don't deserve by just stabbing at it - throwing words up like those creepy, plastic, stretchy cereal toys to see if they stick to the wall and start to migrate. Reality sets in between the exuberant moment when the spider-like creature sticks at the top of the course and its floppy landing on the floor. How apropos. Some awfully nifty women here in northwest Arkansas have begun producing a fantastic little show (it's not little) called Listen ... View Post
