leather & lace

1. drinking water, tea, ginger ale or fruit juices mixed with club soda may remove some of the strange tastes in your mouth. it might also help to munch on hard candies, such as sugar-free mints of tic tacs®. sugar-free gum or hard candies often reduce after-tastes.
2. add wine, beer, mayonnaise, sour cream or yogurt to soups and sauces to disguise the off tastes of other foods.
3. eat starchy foods such as bread, potatoes, rice and plain pasta. do not add butter, margarine or other fatty substances to these foods.
4. choose bland foods. eggs, cheeses (including cottage cheese) hot cereals, puddings, custards, tapioca, cream soups, toast, potatoes, rice and peanut butter are less likely to taste strange than foods with more distinctive flavors.

as we head out to café gitane with iris and hadas for breakfast, i fear that jane will not be able to fully enjoy her petit dejeuner ... she has a pervasive taste of leather as a result of the chemo! not the most appetizing way to start the day, and for someone who loves food and the act of breaking bread, a most unfortunate side effect of treatment!

a beautiful winter day in new york, although the term winter may be a bit strong - mild, clear, sunny - just the right ingredients for a fantastic sunday morning. we are determined to enjoy, and will happily to so ... these sunday mornings downtown recalibrate us for the week, and usher in a consistency and rhythm which is most welcome ...

while the kids slumber lazily, we will chat and read the paper, sip lattés, peruse books, walk the quiet streets, visit a couple of stores, and maybe even enjoy a second coffee at aroma ... soho and nolita are so fittingly quiet at this time, it's kind of like being a kid in a candy shop! so, off we go, hoping that breakfast doesn't leave a bad taste in jane's mouth!