One of my favorite Thanksgiving movies is a little indie called The Myth of Fingerprints. It came out the year I was living here in my home town between various tries at college. I had a studio apartment on Main Street, and I spent every morning working at a coffee shop and every night in a Japanese restaurant. I…
jess's kale and pomegranate salad
I’ve been thinking a lot about Patience Gray lately, and her book Honey From a Weed. I talked about her with Joe Yonan a bit on this week’s episode of The Splendid Table, and every time someone asks me about who I’m reading, her name keeps coming up. I think it’s because I see her writing about…
bringing it back
In December, I bought nuts. I bought them for stocking filler, because somewhere I got the idea it was the sort of thing people do. When I saw them at the grocery store, all mixed and in their shells, I threw them in the cart. I got that little zing that I get when I…
you can if you want to (a pie crust tutorial)
It’s not my way to be evangelical about any one recipe, method, or food. I hope you’ll never catch me telling you that you should do this, or that, or eat this. If you do, you have my full permission to remind me that it’s not my way. BUT, I will say this gently, and with…
thank you
Yes, yes- I’m taken with the turkey, but I had to slip away just for a moment to express my gratitude here, to you, but even more, for you. Thank you for all that you do. Sending wishes to you all for a restful day, at least one happy walk, a full belly, and a…
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Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 