The August chill arrived this week. It surprises me every year. We’ll be walking through the field after dinner, and where once was all warmth, there are cold pockets of air. It’s like the cold places in a lake, defined by their edges until the warmth starts up again. The feeling of this localized chill on…
win win
I’m a few days away from a proper post, but I couldn’t keep you in suspense any longer on the whole cast iron dutch oven situation, especially when you were so generous with your roast chicken recipes. The winner of the perfect pan for the perfect chicken is Elizabeth Beattie, who, like so many of…
another recipe for roast chicken (and a giveaway)
Just what the world needs. One more recipe for roast chicken. Only I do. I really do. Perfect Roast Chicken 1. Find a chicken. It should be local, unless it’s not. It should be organic, unless it’s local, unless you are just at the regular supermarket and I’ll be damned if I’m going to go…
mustard caviar
The other night (just before one child threw up, and about 12 hours before the other started running a fever–yes, yes, it’s been that kind of weekend), a friend of mine was over with her two girls so that we could continue some falafel experimentation we had started several weeks earlier. We were working with…
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…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 