Comments on: Watermelon Lime Bars

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 20:22:14 +0000

Thank you for such a beautiful post Ashley. It is such a difficult time to explain to our kids who expect us to have all the answers. I was heartbroken by the reality last week that while walking to the park I took the toy gun my husband was carrying for my son because I didn’t want anyone to possibly mistake it for a real one being carried by a brown man. Was I overreacting? Maybe. But better to be safe, right? I love this recipe. It reminds me of all the goodness of summer.

By: Faraz yusuf

Faraz yusuf — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:32:34 +0000

Your writing is inspired and your images absolutely compelling. I loved reading this and it made me feel optimistic again. Thank you.

By: Jennifer Martin

Jennifer Martin — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 15:53:24 +0000

I’ll see you at Salish! So so so excited.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 21:29:32 +0000

I am an Australian living in Germany with my german husband and three kids. I have read your blog for a while now. I read the article for you, it’s all good! They really just list and detail your recipes. Well done.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 03:27:07 +0000

Your post reminds me of one of my favorite quotes…
“How you love right where you are is how you change the whole wide world.” ann voskamp

By: Ela

Ela — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:39:46 +0000

Not to worry – I just checked the article at Zeit. They don’t write much about you, it’s mostly recipes. Very delicious recipes!Thanks for sharing them with us!

By: Zombidle

Zombidle — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 08:51:42 +0000

This recipe is so original. I like it, thanks for sharing.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:13:48 +0000

I think I was 9 when I saw 9/11 unfold on the morning news before I was about to get picked up to go to school. It made me feel genuinely scared for the first time, a little bit confused, and somewhat disillusioned. But it also made me a more aware, empathetic, and hopefully more connected kid. Thank you for this post.

By: sara forte

sara forte — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 03:13:43 +0000

you are such a great parents to those kids and such a gracious voice in this community. Love reading your words especially when it’s hard to find out what to say. Wish we could be sharing summer meals together and enjoying ice cream treats!

By: Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:18:27 +0000

Thank you for your incredibly thoughtful response and for caring for and thinking about us in this crazy time.

By: {Erica}EverythingMomandBaby

{Erica}EverythingMomandBaby — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:55:33 +0000

Beautiful post. Thank you! It was comforting to read and I feel the same way when it comes to raising my children. Xx

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:15:33 +0000

I want to start this comment by saying thank you. Thank you for your wonderful blog, inspiring images and recipes, and thank you for speaking about all that is happening in your country.
I am a proud Canadian, and as we your neighbours watch all that is happening in your country it is hard to remain silent. It is sad to see our friends, such a great country is falling. Your political race at the moment is a constant source of humour for us. Sadly it is not funny, and truth is many of us worry about the fact you are stuck between a Rock and a hard place. You have not good choices in a time when your country needs a strong moral leader. The enemy we fear and stand together against is not threatening your beautiful USA as much as your current civil war is. A war that is being fought every day in the streets of your country.

Today on social media I heard a mother talking about the death of a little girl who was killed by a stray built while studying in her bedroom. A girls who’s sad death has not made the headlines. An innocent child who’s death seems to have lost in the shuffle of political statents.

This amazing strong black American women spoke of being a proud black mother and women. She spoke about the violence between her own people. She spoke about the violence on the streets with your current gun laws. She agreed there were many issues of police violence against blacks, but was rightfully outraged at the loss of sight, people are killing people everywhere. The police issue is real but not the major issue. The real problem of guns and violence is still not being handled. The loss of the innocent police officers was not an act of sanity, but rather an insane response to the disease that is killing all Americans and the spirit of a once proud country. As a mother I am so glad you wrote the blog as you did. Recognizing the fragile nature of all that is going on in your once proud country. My heart goes out to you and all in the USA ~ my neighbours. You need to continue to speak the words you did today and hope that your little world of foodies will do the same. It is time to get the guns. How that is done and how many generation that will take we will never know but this is one Canadian praying for a start to saving all that you once were. Blessings to all in the USA

By: Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:17:10 +0000

Thank you, Stacy. It feels like such a difficult task much of the time, and it is. But I know that if I can raise loving and thoughtful children then I’m contributing much to the world.

By: Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:16:22 +0000

Thanks for your thoughtful response. I’ll go back and read through those articles. It is a serious issue that we all need to educate ourselves on. I feel so helpless yet eager to help. I think education and attempting to understand that place in which they come from is a good beginning.

By: Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:14:47 +0000

Thanks for your comment. It is a small place to start but it feels right.

By: Julia @ Sprinkles & Saturdays

Julia @ Sprinkles & Saturdays — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:32:14 +0000

Thanks so much for the thoughtful post. It really is amazingly sad what’s been happening in the world recently, but I like the thought of turning back to your passion for food for the small sense of comfort it can provide. This looks like a delicious recipe that I definitely want to try.
http://www.sprinklesandsaturdays.com

By: Taste of France

Taste of France — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:27:06 +0000

Watermelon is always a good idea, in whatever form. Pure summer.
I read an interesting piece that compares male privilege and white privilege. As a white female, it resonated–though I already knew that when I have been pulled over, I have never gotten a ticket because I could talk my way out of it. Whereas other people get shot. (That was in the U.S.; in France they take your picture and mail you a ticket, they don’t pull you over.)
White privilege: https://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lewisjulie/White%20Priviledge%20Unpacking%20the%20Invisible%20Knapsack.pdf
Another piece on why the police fail to see ordinary citizens as ordinary citizens: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/science/dallas-bomb-robot.html
Let me be clear: Micah Johnson was 100% wrong. But nobody blamed all white people after a white guy massacred 9 people at a Charleston Bible study meeting (and he was arrested later without a shot fired). So we shouldn’t blame all blacks for Micah Johnson’s crime.
Black Lives Matter has a point. Too many police see threats from skin color. Too many see weapons that are in reality phones, or nothing at all. Too many shoot to stop somebody from running, which is no threat at all. It’s not to say all cops are bad. They aren’t. But too many have no training or bad training and don’t treat normal people like normal people. That has to stop.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:13:27 +0000

Good post and it makes me glad you’re a parent.