Auggggh!!! This is something I want so badly to be able to do, but I’m a complete brick wall when it comes to any activity where I lose traction. I tried learning to ski a couple of times and just locked up. Even cross-country skiing, which I do because I live in that climate, I’m just cursing any time I approach a…

Hmm. This looks like a super-basic motel or hostel room, and she’s shoeless. Could be her lockdown equivalent of Marie Antoinette’s little playhouse on Versailles grounds. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hameau_de_la_Reine

There’s a show on Netflix called Criminal: France, and Episode 1 reminds me of this whole topic. I won’t tell you any more but it’s worth a watch.

Hmm, and for those of us who don’t have a stick blender? What about a regular blender or hand-held electric eggbeater?

Makes him look like the offspring of the beastie from the Upside Down.

Left the 787 zipcode in 2013 and I think I’ve missed HEB more than anything or anyone.

Yum, yes. And speaking of umami, I want a Vegemite dip recipe. Know any?

You beat me to it - my only reaction to his medical ‘advice’ has been You first, Mr. President! Show us how it works.

My teenage son, who loved Chipotle’s food, has had two separate cases of vomiting all night after getting takeout there. No matter where we see one now, he can’t even look as we drive by. 

Yep. I repeatedly tried CBD (1/2 a 10-mg gummy each time) and it gave me nothing more than headaches. Meanwhile I can’t get my hands on THC in any form.

Claire, your Grandma Jewel is my inspiration. I am truly smitten with both my husband and our son, but if we were in, say, an apartment instead of a house right now, I would probably be living in the bathtub.

That aside, have you ever had Grape-Nuts Pie? It hails from the same ingenuity, and it is exponentially more…

I have a hunch this will change my lunch. And my life. In fact all the recipes on that site look pretty killer.

Yes to PB, B&B pickles, and sriracha. And to PB & bacon, and I like PB & cucumber. But I still give Mom the side-eye at PB & cheese, which she invariably toted along for us kids on the beach or on hikes. I get it, it was an efficient protein-and-calcium bomb for us, but it was too hard to swallow and also socially…

My HS freshman is currently on ‘spring break’... insult to injury really, we had travel plans... anyway I’m working from home, so right now I’m having him catch up with his reading and French grammar so he can get solid on a few things before classes resume. And I do assign him certain news articles I know he’ll be…

The whole mating-in-captivity thing is starting to kill our spirits... so this is much appreciated!

For ginger root, how fine would you recommend cutting it? I’ve got some in the freezer, already peeled and sliced.

No mention of the pectin eggs from Russell Stover? They’re the most flavorful with the best bite, and harder and harder to find in stores.
Love to see a taste test feature on Turkish delight / lokum / loukhoum brands available on line some time.

You are correct, Madam. I distract the family with a big bag of regular Minis, and stealthily ration the dark ones out to myself.

Thanks! Be well.

Thanks for the mayo clinic, Claire.