Ritz Bites

L.A. Food Mammas

I LOVE this post. Brilliant.

Evan gets top billing in my book for warmth and friendliness. Though I'm sure she's sincere, Mamma Lora's shtick at La Buca traffics a little too heavily in Italian stereotypes for my taste. Yet Jazz gets major points for actual babysitting. Doesn't get more mammaish than that. She held James last summer for the ENTIRE duration of my and Morgan's lunch. The grand tour of the dining room and kitchen that she gave James was way more interesting for him than hanging out with us. Reminds me, I gotta go back to Jitlada soon. But now that he's a walking talking toddler, hanging out in the kitchen's not such a swell idea.

New Year, New Blog

With the demise of my old site and pre-parenting life comes this new one.  Hope the new identity doesn't throw people off.  The title should be read as a noun, not as a verb (as in the Gen X movie), unless you really hate me.  I would have preferred Ritz Bits, but the domain was already taken and redirected to another site, and since contrary to what my surname might lead one to believe, I don't own a controlling share in that company.  I'm therefore rendered helpless in the face of corporate power.

I can't promise as regular posting as I've been able to manage the past three years.  Less frequent cooking, eating out, socializing ... hell, less everything provide a slight obstacle.  However, as James's napping and sleeping improve (they say the three month baby hurdle is major), so will the pleasures of life.  Which isn't to suggest having a baby isn't a tremendous, and actually the biggest, one.

Please stay tuned and check back as your over-burdened schedules and bookmarks of the many food blogs out there allow.  Happy New Year. 

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Another Day, Another Blog

Josh at The Food Section has been kind enough to invite me to contribute to his new Shopping List sidebar section.  I'm already in fine company -- Rene has been posting some great stuff at TFS in recent weeks.  So, hopefully my being a kitchen product 'ho and overall shopping maven will help keep the ideas coming.