Kristin Schell
It’s a big week y’all. Full of tradition and reasons to gather at the table. Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Valentine’s Day At our house, we’ll serve up piles of pancakes for Shrove Tuesday, begin our 40-day Lenten journey on Wednesday, and celebrate a 10th birthday on Valentine’s Day. I have to admit, I’m a little overwhelmed thinking about the week, but…
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It’s nearing noon and I have no plan for supper. My friends, this rarely happens at The Schell Cafe and when it does it causes the Mama to get a little panicky. I refuse to go to the store today, and time wouldn’t allow anyway, so I pilched what was left in the produce basket and searched the pantry. I…
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A couple nights ago at dinner, I told the kids I was going to start writing my blog again. (I still can’t figure out how to import the old one over here, be patient with me.) Sister One pipped up quickly, “Oh mommy the one where you write about what you cook?” Sister One appreciates a good meal. I told…
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Giuliano Hazan’s Risotto Finto has been on my list to try for over a month now. I chose tonight simply because I had everything in the pantry. That I had everything on hand was more luck and a generally well-stocked pantry than any kind of super planning on my part. Hazan’s meals are simple and keep my family happy so…
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Risotto Coi Gamberi E Asparagi Doesn’t that sound yummy? Well, it was. Only a million little things followed the dinner hour that precluded me from sharing. Most notably, DD caught an icky case of the stomach bug and so rather than savoring the perfect combination of shrimp and asparagus, I was doing loads and loads of laundry and clutching my…
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