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first of the month: let’s start with a song

We have a little get together on New Year's Eve every year where we pretend we're in London so we can celebrate at 7:00. It started way back when I was pregnant with Rosie and we had a few friends over who were also pregnant and would never make it until midnight. It's grown a bit since then, so ...

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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 into categories was ...

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first of the month: read this book (it will change everything)

Happy October. Today, in honor of the late Marcella Hazan, I want to talk about books. A few years ago at a wedding, I met up with my friend, Andrew. We had known each other in college, but I hadn't seen him since then. I had just started my first book; he had spent the last several years ...

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first of the month: the hopeful balloon of summer

This week started wet and cold and then got hot, hot--so much so that it immediately became hard to go to the bank or the library or even to drive through town as we do on the way home from school without the girls saying that we just must get ice cream, because mommy it is just SO HOT! And summer ...

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first of the month: our very own democracy

Before we get to the first of the month topic, I have to say--holey chicken! What an amazing collection of recipes, stories, tragedies and triumphs. Whether or not you're searching for the perfect roast chicken recipe, give the comments a peek if you can. And there's still a few more days to enter ...

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first of the month: money panic

I'd like to try something new today. Every time I ask a question here on the site, all your answers blow me away. Inevitably, one or two of you even send me emails with full essays answering the question, confessing that your answer feels too long to put in the comments. I sit in bed and read out ...

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Learn more about my latest book, Eating from the Ground Up. It's perfect for all you vegetable lovers out there.

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