At Christmas, my Grandpa would order a box of grapefruit. He was very particular about the kind he liked, but I can’t remember for the life of me whether it was the Florida or the Texas ones, and maybe they were Ruby Red? Anyway, he liked to peel away all the pith, leaving these brilliant [...]
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Grapefruit, the way Grandpa liked ‘em.
Posted in Christmas, free range kids, gift ideas, holidays, homemade, simplicity, slow food, spending time, tagged baseball, carpentry, Christmas, citrus, family, food, gardening, gifts, recipes on December 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Oyster casserole in a land-locked state?
Posted in holidays, recipes, simplicity, slow food, tagged culture, family, food, history, Little House on the Prairie, oranges, oysters, recipes on November 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »
In Louisville, it’s tradition to serve oyster casserole at Thanksgiving dinner. It’s a curious thing, given Kentucky is a land-locked state and tinned oysters must’ve been pretty expensive back in the day. But if you’re going to splurge, it makes sense that you’d put them in a creamy casserole: relatively few oysters are enough to [...]
Flipping the Bird: Elly’s super-easy way to yummy skin and juicy meat!
Posted in holidays, recipes, slow food, spending time, tagged cooking, culture, family, food, recipes, sisters, Thanksgiving, tradition, turkey on November 20, 2010 | 8 Comments »
A guest post from my sister Elly, The Turkey Whisperer: Turkey has never been my favorite dish at Thanksgiving. With competitors like scalloped oysters, stuffing, and mashed potatoes, it is hard to focus on the bird. Its main purpose, to my mind, has always been as ideal vehicle for lashings of mayonnaise, cranberry disks, and [...]
My love-hate relationship with Christmas cards
Posted in busy parents, Christmas, free range kids, gift ideas, goodwill toward men, holidays, homemade, saving money, simplicity, slow parenting, spending time, tagged arts & crafts, carbon footprint, charity, Christmas cards, e-cards, environment, feminism, Martha Stewart, upcycling on November 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I love the idea of Christmas cards. But reality always gets in the way. Finding the perfect card or taking a family portrait, asking for everyone’s street address (and giving away the surprise), buying stamps, licking envelopes, and the general errand-generating nature of the whole enterprise. It can feel like you’re checking a box, earning [...]
How to make doughnuts
Posted in busy parents, Christmas, free range kids, holidays, homemade, recipes, saving money, slow food, slow parenting, spending time, tagged breakfast, coffee, cooking, dessert, doughnuts, Fall, farm, hack, hot chocolate, Joy of Cooking, kitchen, parenting, recipe on November 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Since it’s early in the season, this is as much a fall recipe as a Christmas one. There’s nothing better than doughnuts and cider in the fall, preferably after raking leaves or visiting a U-Pick farm. If the prospect of making doughnuts from scratch intimidates you, worry not. It’s the easiest thing in the world [...]
The Slow Christmas season has begun!
Posted in Christmas, gift ideas, holidays, Slow Movement, spending time, tagged Christmas, deer, Fall, Shenandoah, sugar plums, wildlife on October 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s official, Slow Christmas has returned! Oh friends, I’ve missed you so. I’ve had visions of sugar plums dancing in my head since the hottest day in July, and now the time has finally arrived. Fall is at its peak around here. I was in the Shenandoah Valley recently, where the evergreens are standing behind [...]
The Best of Slow Christmas
Posted in busy parents, Christmas, Christmas porn, gift ideas, goodwill toward men, holidays, homemade, local food, saving money, simplicity, slow food, Slow Movement, slow parenting, spending time, tagged best of, Christmas, gift ideas, holidays on December 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
You did it! You kept Christmas slow this year. Before you go enjoy it with your family and friends, I want you to bask for a moment in the glow of your creativity and warmth. You made Slow Christmas a success: over 6,000 people visited the website and the Facebook page this year, and it [...]
Slow Christmas reports from the White House!
Posted in Christmas, Christmas porn, holidays, tagged Christmas, Michelle Obama, The White House, White House Christmas, White House Christmas tree on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things Washingtonians take for granted is that our town, in addition to being where we live and work, is also where the President lives. I got invited through work to the White House Christmas open house yesterday. For all you Slow Christmasers out there who love a little Christmas porn, I’ll try [...]
Bookmarks, and I don’t mean the web kind
Posted in busy parents, Christmas porn, free range kids, gift ideas, holidays, homemade, slow parenting, spending time, tagged bookmarks, Christmas, crafts, family activities, gift ideas on December 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Looking for something to give the bibliophile in your life, or maybe an activity that’s fun for kids and adults? Make bookmarks. My mom is a thwarted artist, and she’s always drawing on something, loose leaf margins, the back of receipts, whatever’s around. For years when we were little, on the weekends leading up to [...]
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