More Than Four Sides

Tag: Food

  • Marmite memories…

    OK, does the name Marmite mean anything to you? For many Americans, at least, Marmite doesn’t mean anything, but in the UK, Marmite generates passionate responses – as the advertising campaign says “Love it. Hate it. Just don’t forget it.” I think I probably first had Marmite as an infant in England…we then moved to…

  • Shopping kosher

    Today is the first shabbat after passover. We’ll enjoy challah again (although with a crazy week at work and at home, I didn’t manage to bake). When we started keeping strictly Kosher in our home, shopping got simplified, because there are whole areas of the store that one avoids (no pork products, no shellfish, and…

  • Soothing a rumbly tummy

    I’ve been struggling for the past three days with a nasty stomach bug, I’ll spare you the gorey details! Yesterday was the worst, and I’m definitely on the mend. I had to work a full day today, and got home and collapsed into bed, waking up at midnight, feeling hungry. I asked the dear Dad,…

  • Tending the garden

    Carrots, after thinning. Ahhhhhh, room to grow! You, lettuces, will get thinned out tomorrow!!

  • “Chickpeas Butter Mushroom”

    “Chickpeas Butter Mushroom”: My Recipe!. This recipe looks wonderfully yummy!  It’s posted on a blog that I follow – I don’t know Vikram, but he seems quite a talented guy. I’m hosting a big party for Hanukkah this Sunday, and I am considering including some international flavours in the menu. This may be a part…

  • Sharing our culture

    We have been bringing the kids to Dessie Restaurant in Wheaton, MD since the first week of their arrival in the US. We used to stop there at least once monthly, sometimes twice, but we suddenly realized that it had been months since we had been there. We don’t go out to eat all that…

  • Fruitarians

    Sunday mornings…laid back, slow. The boys watch tv on Sunday mornings. They almost never watch during the week, but as soon as the sun goes down Saturday night, movie night starts, and the viewing continues for a couple of hours on Sunday. And breakfast is relaxed – this morning their choice was a banana each,…