Ann Arbor Mouse goes to New York (Part 2)

in which she finds some lovely cheese
As well as many other good things. After much debate, I chose Hearth for John’s birthday dinner. Hearth is a cousin of Union Square which John liked very much a few years ago (there is a famous story of a one year old Naomi plundering his exquisite [...]

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Ann Arbor Mouse goes to New York (Part 1)

My beloved’s birthday falls on Christmas. This always presents a bit of a problem, as we try to find the right celebration balance. We want neither to neglect the man nor indulge to the point of wretched excess (ok, maybe the latter once in a while). This year, it’s a notable birthday (the one [...]

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Maria: Much to Say

After a weekend in New York with much culinary investigation. But right now I can’t say anything because I have brought home a horrible cold and laryngitis as a souvenir. So this is just a placeholder while I type up a more detailed account, and John drills Naomi on state capitals (when did the [...]

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Giving Back (and maybe getting something too!)

Since we are (self-proclaimed) food bloggers now we (and the one or two other people who look at this blog) should all think about making a donation to Menu for Hope. Organized by fellow foodie and blogger Pim, Menu for Hope is an opportunity for food bloggers all over the world to ban together [...]

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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, or My Sweet, Sweet Victory

My chocolate crinkle cookies, as Maria mentioned, were a smashing success. The co-workers and the boyfriend concurred. Not only did they tempt with their perfectly cracked exterior and rich, brown-black interior. If cookies could flash a “come hither” look, bat an eyelash, and expose some shoulder, these cookies did exactly that.Unbeknownst to those who played [...]

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Thursday Dinners On/After the Run

Thursday nights are a bit of a problem for us. My fleet-footed Naomi and her running-obsessed father go to the indoor track for speed workouts. The track doesn’t open until seven. And young Nick (aka The Littlest) has to be fed and in the bath by seven. Somewhere in there, dinner has to be [...]

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Anne: Where to Begin

I think I’m having blogger’s block already but maybe I just have to plunge in and say something here (plus I promised Maria I’d do this last night!) (Maria is a bigger nudge than me) (I mean that in a nice way). OK. About myself. I love to talk about myself so I don’t know [...]

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Silvio’s for Lunch

Lunch today at Silvio’s pizza on North U. This is becoming one of my favorite places for lunch. It’s close to work, it’s creative, it’s organic (so I get to feel good about a lunch with cheese in it), and it’s got a great mix of fast-food decor and slow-food sensibility. Silvio’s serves sandwiches [...]

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Shana: How to compose that first blog post and other questions

It’s a quandary not dissimilar to figuring out what to have for dinner some days. There’s not quite half a bag of frozen tortellini and not enough pesto to call it a meal. You’re entirely sick of chicken, so that’s out. The leftover Indian food from the weekend should have been eaten a day or [...]

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Maria: Where I’m Coming From

Growing up, my diet was marked mostly by routine. There was a pretty steady rotation of chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, and pork chops, enlivened by Appian Way pizza on Saturday night (later, my Mom started experimenting with frozen bread dough for the crust — a big step forward) and, on Sunday, a roast or [...]

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