Recipe for restoration

Take two lovely friends and a city such as Baltimore. Stir in a great dinner: marinated steaks, great bread, a salad with berries and feta.

Blueberry feast

In July, we enjoyed our annual blueberry extravaganza. We baked them into tangy, crumbly crisp – and sprinkled them fresh over baked oatmeal.

This dessert is good enough to be eaten warm from the oven, without strawberries, as a coffee cake. With berries, it’s Mmmmmmmmmmmm.

Last week, I kept track of what we ate for dinner each night, so I could share it with you – along with a few simple recipes.

Anna Martin writes, “As fall faded into winter, I crossed the halfway date in pregnancy. But the pounds piled up faster than the weeks.”

Our family dinner was a lovely success despite a candle-wax spill (entirely my fault), and blurry pics, and too much food.