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…
cabbage and potato gratin with sage
Today was a snow day, theoretically. There was the threat of snow, which kept Joey and the girls home. I made great messes in the kitchen with not much to show for it, Joey made tiny valentines, and the girls held on to us both. It seemed that there was a rope linking them to…
of winter, and sadie, and potatoes
Let’s hear it for those potatoes. They have grown all sorts of amazing little appendages, yet they retain their exquisite texture, their fresh earth taste. Tonight we cooked the last of the potatoes, and oh the dish that they made. I can’t wait to tell you about this one. But I’m getting ahead of myself….
whipped mashed potatoes with celery root
How is everyone today? Yeah, we’re okay too. Joey’s well enough to be silkscreening off site, so I’m holding down the fort, slowly cleaning up the glorious mess that was the holiday. The girls are fighting, and I’m realizing that might be sort of my fault, because all they have had today is leftover dessert….
potato leek soup with sorrel
I’m not grieving the summer. A week of heat was plenty- now I get to make soup. Potato Leek Soup with Sorrel (If you don’t have a big lovely sorrel plant in your back yard, plan to plant one this fall and then leave it out this time. It makes the soup all lemony.)
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 