The sorry state of affairs
My mother is arriving tonight for a weekend visit. We all leave on Sunday, Julie and me to Hawaii, my mother back to Brooklyn. We have a Bat Mitzvah to attend on Saturday night, and our regular Friday dinner tomorrow night. I've just about mastered whole chicken. I should write up the recipe one of these days. The secret is rosemary. I've also had a hankering for mashed potatoes. I have a new cookbook, and I'll try to find a good potato recipe.