sarah in nyc

 Our older son is currently living in Amarillo, Texas. Amarillo has weather of extremes. While we were visiting, one morning it was below freezing in the morning when my son and I walked to his building's gym and later that day the thermometer topped 80.  These days I will often check the weather in Amarillo. Earlier this week both the temperature and the wind chill in New York and in Amarillo were exactly the same. You don't have to be amused by that fact, but I am. Right now the big concept in the universe of sewing is repurposing. Every day there are videos that cross my feed of people who make dresses out of 1970s sheets, or turn blankets into streetwear or vintage embroidered tablecloths into blouses. Years ago I purchased a length of Ikea fabric that has been a work horse table cloth. You probably have seen this cloth dozens of times as the background for a food post or behind a sewing project. The cloth has been washed and ironed countless times and had gotten both thin...

OK, I know it's not quite getting ready for Passover time, but it is time to start thinking about it. My shmurah matza is here in the house. i am working on working through the last of the grains. This is the last challah that we are baking until after Passover. Amazon.com Widgets We have finished the last of the honey. My son mixed the dough for this batch, I suggested using maple syrup. It wasn't quite sweet enough, so I rolled more maple syrup and spices into each strand of the challah.  There is very little left in the freezer. I decided to make meat balls. I recently figured out (after thirty years of marriage) that my husband thinks of meatballs as a first course rather than a main dish. He was willing to eat them as a main dish this week and not complain. He is a good sport. Our fridge is relatively empty. So now we can start getting ready for Passover. As part of the general clean up that goes along with the Holiday I pulled out a denim tab...