Archives in Category: Dining/Food

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Baked Ziti

Posted on June 23, 2019

The recipe said it was the best baked ziti ever, and since I found it in a “Cook’s Illustrated” magazine it was sure to have been tested umpteen times before making that claim. “Cook’s” tends to focus on the minutiae,

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Hydrogen Infused Water

Posted on June 10, 2019

The large poster at the end of the beverage aisle caught my eye. It was mounted atop stacks of what looked like plain old water in plastic bottles and said in watery blue capital lettering: Hydrogen Infused Water.

I took

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Next Chunk

Posted on February 26, 2018

Seven weeks from now, my son Kevin and I shall be in Boston; he to run the oldest marathon in the world, me to offer support. Seven weeks is also the length that my radiation sessions took.

Between

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Smoothies

Posted on February 25, 2018

My husband fixes a smoothie for himself every day. It’s filled with some milk and water to help liquify the spinach, apples, banana, blueberries, cinnamon, turmeric, and protein powder he adds. He believes they help him maintain his thirty-pound weight

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Get Back to Work

Posted on February 19, 2018

I must confess my energy level is no longer what I’d describe as “perky.” It’s true I haven’t experienced the harsher side effects that were described in all the literature about radiation for breast cancer. But I feel

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Personal Chef

Posted on January 29, 2018

I thought I would be feeling the side effects of radiation by Week Three, which started today. So planning ahead, I hired a personal chef to prepare meals for this week. It seemed like a good idea to

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Christmas Dinner

Posted on December 19, 2017

The number of guests at my Christmas Day table continues to change as my sons and their partners struggle with relationship issues, travel issues, weather issues, and cat care issues.I can’t really solve any of that for them, but whoever

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The Best, So Far

Posted on December 18, 2017

As evening waned, I told Earl this was the best day so far since we came home from the hospital five weeks ago tomorrow. My cleaning lady came, which always makes me feel good. But on top of

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Surprises

Posted on December 12, 2017

The several inches of snow we received in the last 24 hours wasn’t a surprise, since I’d checked online to see what the weather would hold. But the rest of the day was filled with pleasant, unexpected delights.

S and

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Christmas Dinner

Posted on December 10, 2017

Christmas Eve is two weeks from tonight, and so far I haven’t done a thing regarding decorations, the tree, or dinner. It’s not like me, but then I haven’t been myself lately.

That is, in the physical sense. In the

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