There’s some chaos in the kitchen this week. We finally exchanged the plywood counters for recycled chalk board and butcher block, and my friends Adam and Justin have been in here cutting and polishing and gluing. It’s really so beautiful, and I’ll share pictures soon… we’ll have a little kitchen tour. Also, chaos in my…
gifting
When I was a kid, I spent several holiday seasons in a row rehearsing and performing in a little black box theater here in my town. The theater is still here, and has miraculously changed very little. The play was called Yonder Peasant, and the script, music, and lyrics were all lovingly crafted by the…
black bottom cupcakes, revised
The other day, Sadie got in trouble at school. It seems that a bunch of kids were acting up, and, in her words, “she couldn’t help it, and she joined in by accident.” She was on edge when I picked her up from school, and the afternoon just went down from there in flames of…
pierogi
I have an aunt who had quite a hand in raising me through my teens. It seems that there is a rift in every family, and that’s the rift in mine. So there is this part of my family, out in California, and that’s the part that taught me about pierogi. I’m Polish way back,…
pear and cheese
I’m not cooking today.I’ve been thinking about damp gingerbread with pears all week, thinking that that would be the dish I brought to fall fest. I made it last year just about this time, but some things just bear talking about twice, don’t you think? All week, I keep coming across the most beautiful pears….
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 