In the transition of The Food Adventuress to Wordpress, a number of photos in the original posts were lost. I'll be working on bringing them over here, but for now if you'd like to read any pre-2012 posts they are transferred here in content only, but to read them with photos you can always head back on over to: https://thefoodadventuress.blogspot.com It will stay live, and there are some great posts and recipes such as (Foodie) Life Lessons from Mom. Hopefully, you'll find this new spot ... View Post
(Foodie) Life Lessons Learned from Mom – Part 5
If you've been landing at www.littlemagpie.org and then exploring my series of (Foodie) Life Lessons Learned from Mom here on The Food Adventuress, thanks! Here's the fifth (and final) obsession installment: I've mentioned the life lessons of no special treatment, preparation, reading the instructions and proceeding slowly, seeking inspiration and embellishing. Finally, life lesson five: honor tradition. Honestly, my family is fairly certain they've bred a monster in me. Straying in the ... View Post
(Foodie) Life Lessons Learned from Mom – Part 4
Clearly, it isn't easy to encapsulate all that I've learned in the kitchen and in life from my Mom in one paltry series of blog posts. I feel a bit below par just for recording them here rather than with pen and paper. However, what matters is that the thoughts and memories are captured, rather than wishing someday that they had been. And so, as I type away and attempt to get to the heart of the matter, I sit near my pantry, which is well-stocked with cookbooks new and well-loved. A ... View Post
(Foodie) Life Lessons Learned from Mom – Part 3
By current standards, I would most definitely have been diagnosed as ADD or ADHD. While in my first nonprofit gig with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas years ago, I remember attending a workshop where I learned of the supposedly telltale physical signs of such afflictions: the way hair parts on the scalp and so forth. I instinctively never checked myself against the list, knowing I would be likely to find multiple occurrences. Regardless, Mom wouldn't have sought medication, she ... View Post
(Foodie) Life Lessons Learned from Mom – Part 2
As you may have gathered in the previous post, we are a well-intentioned if often-straying family when it comes to food. Here's the thing: I think that is true of every family. Removing the barriers and, more importantly, the pitfalls is the key to success in so many things. Mom would buy grapefruit and then painstakingly slice it, prep it, leave it in the fridge and post a note as to its existence near the cereal. She bought and washed grapes. She sliced cantaloupe. She placed bananas in ... View Post
(Foodie) Life Lessons Learned from Mom – Part 1
Today is my Mom's birthday - read The Glamorous Glennis here . I'd been mulling over this series for a while, and kicking it off today seems a fitting tribute. For all that you knew about that you conscientiously taught me in the kitchen, thank you. For all that you didn't know about but, I suspect, vaguely hoped you taught me about life in the kitchen, thank you even more. ♥ By comparison, I definitely grew up in a household where family style meals were the norm. My mom would probably ... View Post
