Souvenirs:
bread

  • strawberry-banana bread...

    strawberry-banana bread...

    trying to avoid bananas is hard for this mother of six... it's so easy to keep a few on hand in the cooler in the car for a quick snack for baby Daniel or the other kids (or me)... but it is not a local fruit

    if I was to eat local fruits that are available at my farmer's market it would be mostly berries in the late spring — summer and then apples, peaches, and the possible plum

    not complaining, but pretty much just whining that I wouldn't be able to eat bananas again if I go with that idea of only eating seasonal and local with no waste

    with all that being said, I did recently have a few bananas on hand, and some ripe strawberries

    for this food styling, I brought it into one of my favorite pieces of furniture that rests off of our living room... it's an old cabinet, and Jason replaced the back boards with a wide tongue and groove... a recently favorite place for me to take photographs of my last food styling job for Jo Packham's new book which I had the honor and priviledge to work on
    (more on that later)

    even makes a great dessert if served with ice cream or freshly whipped cream

    in blueberry season, add whole blueberries as a substitute for strawberries

    xo+kitchen blessings,

  • big families and French bread...

    big families and French bread...

    bread is common place... a consumption practically everyday, but there are times, I do not want to bother with pans and all that... just a rolled dough and a natural shape
    being that we are a larger family, gloriously large, someone besides myself are always in the kitchen

    the workings of school in the background, after coming to me for the "professional" assistance he needed, kept my youngest daughter anticipating my arrival back to her schoolwork after the bread was taken out... such as the days here... a constant ebb and flow
    and some surprising shenanigans

    photo bomb #1

    photo bomb #2
    though I thought otherwise a long time back, having these children, and keeping busy for them, is the most rewarding thing I have and every will be
    it is who I am
    their mother... their teacher... their French bread baker...

    xo+ big family blessings,

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