What's In My Teapot?

Forgive me! This is my third post about food in four days, and between that and posts about books, you must think that's about all I get done around here... eat and read ! Believe me, while that does sound like a very pleasant existence, there are other things that happen in my life: teaching Elasa what a sphere is in math, going to Prayer Meeting in single-digit weather & nylons, attempting to iron but getting off the hook when the iron calls in sick, changing Parker's wardrobe after he soaks himself playing in the dishwater left undrained after his older siblings washed the dishes, making a huge batch of granola (oops! Food again!) I've even been taking small and furtive bites from a brand new and rather large tome of a book on, uhm... dieting ! But more on that another time... Diets are not for cold evenings in February when the temperature is groveling in the basement on the thermometer. These evenings beg for comfort foods that go well with a cup of t...