Joey and the girls will be back from school in a few minutes, so I’m just here for a minute. I’ve got to get this place cleaned up so that the ladies don’t lick the frosting off the counters (yes, they will). But I wanted to say hello before the weekend, and to talk about…
roasted baby vegetables
Well, I’m sorry to say… Sadie’s been a bit at it again. In the mix with all of her wonderful Sadie things, there are constant demands, and there is foot stomping, and there are more demands. I just don’t know how to help that girl out these days. Last night, after being whisked away from…
russian potato salad
I’ve got a serious flaw, and if I don’t do something about it, I’m going to give myself an ulcer, or high blood pressure, or one of those stress-y issues. I’m a big party thrower. I just love it. We had over 100 people here on New Year’s, packed wall to wall, and although it…
roasted vegetables
Well the girls have suckered me into throwing them a dinner party. A party for just them. At some point during the tantrum that was being thrown as I was flinging some local pork product onto galettes before my last salon dinner party, I agreed to this. (Anything! As long as you are sleeping in…
Stuffed Winter Squash with Warm Beet Salad
I’ve written about this one before, but sometimes a dinner bears repeating. Especially because I’m starting to get squash calls again. These calls are part of the fall over here, like apple cider, and pink eye epidemics. They start off just coming here and there, maybe one a day. But as we start to move…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 