Yes! How are those lemons looking? They should be glossy and soft, smell good and lemony, and there shouldn’t be any mold. Are we good? Did we make it? Now try one. Just cut off a bit of the rind, and put it right in your mouth. And that’s what you do with preserved…
pasta with lemon, sardines and capers
How’s the cookie making going over there? Maybe some candy happening on your counter? Dipping something in chocolate? Caramel in your hair? Good. Good. I’m glad it’s all coming together. And if it’s not, it will, it will. And if it doesn’t, it’s okay! We’ll all forgive you–we’ve got enough sweets anyway. Put your feet…
pasta with greens and prosciutto
My own unwillingness to do the things that I know that I should and want to do continues to amaze me. Every day, I feel like I have to start again. I walk through the work and interactions of my day, and, for the zillionth time, I gently remind myself of those aspects that someday,…
peppery pasta carbonara with poached egg
In the interest of your own sanity, I’m going to say that you should only keep reading this if you have bacon in the house, or if you are willing to go to the store right now. If you don’t have bacon in the house, you might just feel sad that you can’t make this…
tagliatelle with fresh tomatoes and balsamic vinegar
It’s raining again today. We had a few days of summer this week, complete with dark and heavy humidity, but the storms keep coming, and it seems that there are more emergency weather announcements on the radio than anything else that NPR has to offer. That strange radiohead-ish animated voice that comes on gives me…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 