Comments on: Apples & Thyme #3 - Celebrating time in the kitchen with mothers and grandmothers http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/ ...food and family from a vanielje spiced kitchen Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:43:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeni http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4909 Jeni Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:35:16 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4909 You weave such beautiful stories, Inge. Your words create a tapestry of images full of color and life. Someday when you publish your cookbook, you must include these stories! You weave such beautiful stories, Inge. Your words create a tapestry of images full of color and life. Someday when you publish your cookbook, you must include these stories!

]]> By: african vanielje http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4812 african vanielje Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:40:25 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4812 Pasticcera, thank you, high praise. Ronell, You may have noticed I weave my memories into my daily life, they are what makes it so rich and full. I hope to add yours to Apples & Thyme, but if not this month then next month... Laurie, my mom's a little camera shy, but she is beautiful, and soft and loving, and fiercely defensive (of her children), and small and fragile (5 ' and a bit), and amazingly strong - everything a mother and grandmother should be, and then some! She's a woman worth knowing and I'm glad I can share her with you. Pasticcera, thank you, high praise.

Ronell, You may have noticed I weave my memories into my daily life, they are what makes it so rich and full. I hope to add yours to Apples & Thyme, but if not this month then next month…

Laurie, my mom’s a little camera shy, but she is beautiful, and soft and loving, and fiercely defensive (of her children), and small and fragile (5 ‘ and a bit), and amazingly strong - everything a mother and grandmother should be, and then some! She’s a woman worth knowing and I’m glad I can share her with you.

]]> By: Laurie Constantino http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4760 Laurie Constantino Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:16:11 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4760 I'm developing such a romantic image of your mother - I hope some day you post a picture of her. Another wonderful, evocative story, Inge. Thank you. I’m developing such a romantic image of your mother - I hope some day you post a picture of her. Another wonderful, evocative story, Inge. Thank you.

]]> By: myfrenchkitchen http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4616 myfrenchkitchen Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:17:06 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4616 A lovely memory, Inge. I am always intrigued about the small memories of our past that brings the biggest joy today! Will send in my entry in time, hopefully. Ronell A lovely memory, Inge. I am always intrigued about the small memories of our past that brings the biggest joy today! Will send in my entry in time, hopefully.
Ronell

]]> By: Pasticcera http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4399 Pasticcera Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:13:54 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4399 I think the magic and the artist have found a continuum in your family. I think the magic and the artist have found a continuum in your family.

]]> By: african vanielje http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4378 african vanielje Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:00:20 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4378 Kit, thank you for joining in Apples & Thyme, your post is full of love and emotion. Amanda, keep practicing, and keep yelling 'I believe!' Kit, thank you for joining in Apples & Thyme, your post is full of love and emotion.

Amanda, keep practicing, and keep yelling ‘I believe!’

]]> By: Amanda http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4310 Amanda Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:23:32 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4310 Oh Inge, I loved this! I so want the boys to always believe in magic. But then again, I still believe in Peter Pan and shout loudly 'I believe' to keep Tinkerbell and all the other fairies alive. The children have been known to join in. Now then off to practice peeling an apple all in one go... Oh Inge, I loved this! I so want the boys to always believe in magic. But then again, I still believe in Peter Pan and shout loudly ‘I believe’ to keep Tinkerbell and all the other fairies alive. The children have been known to join in.

Now then off to practice peeling an apple all in one go…

]]> By: Kit http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4288 Kit Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:13:02 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4288 Lovely memories - your mother's kitchen sounds such a wonderful warm place - the magic ingredient of love. This time I really am going to write a post for Apples and Thyme - thanks for extending the deadline and reminding me. I should really sit down and write it now, so that work doesn't get in the way tomorrow. Lovely memories - your mother’s kitchen sounds such a wonderful warm place - the magic ingredient of love.

This time I really am going to write a post for Apples and Thyme - thanks for extending the deadline and reminding me. I should really sit down and write it now, so that work doesn’t get in the way tomorrow.

]]> By: african vanielje http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4284 african vanielje Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:59:40 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4284 Valli, that's not far off from how my mother grew up, and as a toddler I lived in that same Africa, but that is no longer the Africa that exists. In many ways it is now better, and in many ways now worse, but it is still my home and the keeper of my heart. Valli, that’s not far off from how my mother grew up, and as a toddler I lived in that same Africa, but that is no longer the Africa that exists. In many ways it is now better, and in many ways now worse, but it is still my home and the keeper of my heart.

]]> By: Bellini Valli http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4280 Bellini Valli Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:49:42 +0000 http://vanielje.com/blog/2008/01/10/apples-thyme-3-celebrating-time-in-the-kitchen-with-mothers-and-grandmothers/#comment-4280 When I read your stories I envision one of my favourite movies with Meryl Streep & Robert Redford. I know that this takes place in Kenya and not South Africa, but it is my only reference to the country outside of books. I remember seeing it in the theatre and being drawn in by the beautiful landscapes. When I read your stories I envision one of my favourite movies with Meryl Streep & Robert Redford. I know that this takes place in Kenya and not South Africa, but it is my only reference to the country outside of books. I remember seeing it in the theatre and being drawn in by the beautiful landscapes.

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