Raise your hand if you learned how to cook from Mollie Katzen. It all started in the late 70’s. I imagine herds of young and hungry people leaving their suburban steak and potatoes homes in search of something new and different for their own first kitchens. They were bell-bottomed, long hair parted in the middle,…
first of the month: eating well on less money
The idea of eating well on less money is always more complicated than I want it to be. Those who have gotten into making more food from scratch are especially familiar with this complexity. Does it save money to make your own bread? Absolutely. Does it save money to make your own everything? Well… how…
your list
Happy Thursday. I’ve got a real post in the works, but in the mean time, I felt that the scope of the books you all discussed in response to this post just had to be turned into a straight-up list. I’ve done my best to make sure they’re all in there, and although fitting them…
vanilla cardamom baked apples
When Sadie was tiny, we took her to visit our friends in Cambridge for her first big weekend away. We were all less than a year out of college, but our friends (on the brink of marriage and children themselves) were good enough to embrace the seismic shift in our identities along with massive amount…
from the past, good for right now
This song, through the red leaves fast, car windows down, REALLY LOUD. And this one, for the back porch after everyone has gone to bed. For when the air is warmer than it should be this time of year, and across the field or the road or the city, you can almost see something glimmering….
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