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…
in which our hero makes 8 mangos taste like bad and salty fish
Yesterday, Joey told me I was the “Don Quixote of food writers.” I demanded an explanation, but once he saw the challenge/panic in my eyes, he shut up and changed the subject. But what he meant was that I bumble about and make hilarious mistakes so that other people can gain insight from laughing at…
eclairs
Tomorrow is Rosie’s birthday, but because tomorrow is a school day and then I have an extra long selectboard meeting (I know, I know–my term is almost over), we decided that we’d officially change the day to last Friday and she could be the boss of the day. She wanted to go skiing. And then…
problems with easy solutions
I’m working on a piece right now for this event–an essay that started out as being about something else entirely, but now seems to be about guns and the media. On top of that, we’re (that’s me in my other capacity) working on the issue of guns in our own community, and the conversation is…
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…
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