Join Mimi Lenox and thousands of others on this day to pause and remember. Copyright 2005-2012, Christine Cooks. All right...

. . . at least I hope so. It has been awhile since I've shown up here.  And to be honest, what posts I have written in the p...

Although 2011 has been a year of minimal recipes and posts, many of you dear readers have stuck with me despite my non-productivity, for whi...

 Today I begin my 7th year of writing this blog. I greet this significant milestone with mixed emotions. This morning I went on an inte...

"F - U - N - E - M ?" "S, V - F - M ." "F - U - N - E - X ?" "S, V - F - X ." ...

Dear Readers, I am taking the month of January off from blogging.  All is well, just re-grouping.  I will continue to post photos on my ga...

. . . when I return in a few weeks. I know. Just when I start rubbing my hands together, thinking Summer !  I'll have more time to c...

Dear Readers, I've been struggling with how to let you know the reason for my silence without seeming to be soliciting condolences, b...

Putting order into chaos is messy business. What initially prevails is more chaos. And that can be very disconcerting when what you are tryi...

One day when I was quite young, school in our small town was closed because of heavy flooding . The water covered the street and came severa...

Sunday morning after a Saturday farmers market; early morning sunlight just beginning to come through the kitchen window. How could I not ta...

I'm away for the long weekend. The Bard is calling. Friends are waiting. Back soon. Copyright © 2005-2009, Christine Cooks. All righ...

. . . hopefully not for long Well, this is a fine howda-ya-do: Not only have I not been posting any recipes in what seems like forever, I mi...

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Isn't anyone just a little bit angry? I woke up this morning with the full intention of joining the rest of Sher's blogger friends t...

Mr CC and Me 24 years today And going strong Copyright © 2005-2008, Christine Cooks. All rights reserved

Some of you may be wondering where I've gone, or been, or why I'm not posting. Or maybe not . . . I'm going to tell you anyway. ...

A direct consequence of my having gone back to work full time is that I don't cook as much (or at least not much that hasn't been do...

This is the view that my friend Simona sees while seated at her desk in her cozy office space warmed by a cheery woodstove. I took this pho...

Son Miles is traveling about Europe for a month. As a mom, of course I think about him all day - where he is, what he's doing, the great...