Again. I start writing on an ordinary day. I put it down with the hope of finishing later, and then in that time in between, the New York Times starts yelling at me from my phone. I check the news, I check Twitter (which on the whole I don’t love, but it’s always where I…
rose and pistachio biscotti
If Valentine’s Day is about romance, then the day before Valentine’s Day is about panic, paper, and glue.
how to bake (with a recipe and gifts for you): part 1
Last Friday, I woke up and made maple scones. The girls were home because it was parent conference day, and they rolled out of bed before I did and tucked themselves onto the couch with the third Harry Potter movie. And so, with the dramatic tones of the HP theme as my background (warring, of…
the black radish
This is a different radish (perhaps the sexiest of them all). Elizabeth at Indian Line Farm grows these every year, and they store so well through the Fall that I find myself talking about them through both the November and December holiday markets. “Sell the black radishes!” She tells me. This is no perky nipple…
tahini cookies
There’s been a run of gorgeous cookbooks in the last few months–big, hardcover, giftable, expensive tomes that weigh about as much as a cast iron pan. They look like they come from the same family, kind of like cousins. There’s Japanese Farm Food, which first I borrowed from a friend, then bought for myself and…
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