This year has begun in a rough place. Not deeply tumultuously rough from external circumstance, but itchy, uncomfortable, hard to pin down. I’ve felt that way through the new year and this whole week, and somehow last night it seemed to break like a fever, just gently, but it was like that–just as when I would put a…
what to do with preserved lemons, part 2
Hello from here. (Cold, cold, cold.) I’m going to try to finally wash my windows today, as the world has lost some of its usual sparkle. I’m mired down in January already, just when I’d really decided, last month, that I unapologetically love winter. But last month there were bonfires and birthdays and cocktails and…
preserved lemon martini
Well, I couldn’t let Friday expire without a nice drink, could I? Also, my salon challenge party, which I did, in fact, have only a bit over my own deadline. If anyone else out there took the challenge, tell us about it! The party over here was, all in all, a success. The food was…
preserved lemon and rosemary focaccia
I am entirely aware that this focaccia is really just a rearranging of the pasta dish from this post, but this is what I’ve been thinking about, and as the reality turned out to be good enough to make me shout profanity in the kitchen (kids safely playing with legos in the other room, but…
preserved lemon and rosemary focaccia
I am entirely aware that this focaccia is really just a rearranging of the pasta dish from this post, but this is what I’ve been thinking about, and as the reality turned out to be good enough to make me shout profanity in the kitchen (kids safely playing with legos in the other room, but…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 