FoodRetro

Scratch Food with a Side of Geek Mom and Pop Culture.

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    • Julia Child + Mr Wizard
  • The Answer is 42
    • 1 + 1 = 3
    • Deep (Granola) Thoughts
    • I Can’t Make This Stuff Up
    • Life With Food Allergies
    • Science Gives Me A Hadron
    • Things I Read
    • The Places We’ll Go
    • Friendly People I Meet
  • The Urban Homestead
    • Greenish Thumb Things
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We Need to Be Each Other’s Adultier Adult Sometimes

August 3, 2018 By Food Retro

I’ve got a confession. I don’t like the “anti-negativity” movement that I’m starting to see on social media an awful lot. I get it. I really do. There’s a lot of bad crap on the internet. I’ve lived in this space for over 20 years now. I know how it can be emotionally draining, and…

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Filed Under: Deep (Granola) Thoughts, I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42 Tagged With: deep thoughts, depression, mental health

I’m Back, Baby!

July 13, 2018 By Food Retro

It’s been a bit of a long haul from then to now, but I’m back, baby. A lot of stuff has happened. 

Filed Under: I Can't Make this Stuff Up, Life With Food Allergies, The Answer is 42 Tagged With: gluten free, Life With Food Allergies, Tales

The Merry Bagel Chase (Or, That Time I Baked Hockey Pucks)

January 13, 2017 By MomRetro

Holidays with family usually involve recounting embarrassing stories of each other. This past New Year’s Eve, one of my earliest baking attempts managed to make the “remember when….” list. Perhaps not quite as memorable as the Swedish Chef (from the Muppet Show) shooting holes into his bagels, was the story of the time I tried…

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Filed Under: I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42 Tagged With: Tales

It’s Halloween!? DO ALL THE FALL FAMILY FUN!!! #BornOnTheFarm

October 29, 2016 By Food Retro

OH MER GERD OCTOBER IS OVER ON TUESDAY. INSERT PANIC AND PANDEMONIUM.

Filed Under: 1 + 1 = 3, I Can't Make this Stuff Up, Life With Food Allergies, The Answer is 42 Tagged With: family fun, Halloween, hot drinks

What a Simple Virus Like HPV Can Do

October 21, 2016 By Food Retro

When my doctor’s office called me back a couple weeks following a routine physical, I had a sick feeling of dread. “Irregular pap,” the doctor’s assistant said. Cervical cancer!? My mind panicked. But my mouth, fortunately, knew what to say. “What happens now?”

Filed Under: I Can't Make this Stuff Up, Science Gives Me A Hadron, Tech-Talk Stop, The Answer is 42 Tagged With: Health & Home, how-to, parenting, sponsored

My Son’s an Unequivocal Fan of Dwight Schrute and I’m Not Going to Apologize for It

September 19, 2016 By Food Retro

Who knew that when I took away screen time, I would create a monster? It started innocently enough. My son was being a crabby little human being, who was watching annoying YouTubers using text to talk to say annoying things like “prankster gangster.” So I, in a moment of supreme mommy-ness, declared that screen and…

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Filed Under: I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42, Things I Read Tagged With: #streamteam, The Office

Confessions of the World’s Okayest Mom

May 11, 2016 By Food Retro

This parenthood thing. I used to think it was the hardest thing I’d ever encountered when kidlet was an infant. Looking back, I can’t help but think, what the heck was I thinking?

Filed Under: 1 + 1 = 3, I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42 Tagged With: #streamteam, parent confessions

FoodRetro: The prequel

April 6, 2016 By MomRetro

Believe it or not, FoodRetro and its owner have birthdays that aren’t too far apart. While I was content to merely announce “Hey, FoodRetro’s turning 3!” instead of “Oh my god, I’m getting old!” my mom had some other ideas. She texted me to let me know this post was in the system, and perhaps it’s…

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Filed Under: I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42

Three Netflix Titles That Have Made Me Feel Old as Heck #Streamteam

February 29, 2016 By Food Retro

3 Netflix Movies that Make Me Feel Old as Heck #Streamteam

I’ve concluded that February is the suckiest month of the year. I don’t know who decided to make it a month of romance, but as a cabin-fevered woman who is sick of the snow and who hasn’t had a night out since last year, I can say definitely that at least they were smart enough to…

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Filed Under: 1 + 1 = 3, I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42, Things I Read Tagged With: #streamteam

Popcorn: An Old American Love Story from MomRetro

February 19, 2016 By MomRetro

The pop-ularity of a simple bowl of popcorn cannot be overstated in my household. To be honest, my love affair with the bright yellow kernels began as a child while helping my grandfather every weekend pop, bag, and seal huge bags of this delectable snack, which were then delivered to local pubs, “mom and pop”…

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Filed Under: Deep (Granola) Thoughts, I Can't Make this Stuff Up, The Answer is 42

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