Homespun Edge
Okay, people, let’s hear it: how are you holding up? Is cookie fatigue setting in? I mean in your own kitchens, though I suppose you could catch a slight case of cookie fatigue just from hanging...
View ArticleOn Mirrored Elevators and Hearty Lunches
The past two mornings, I have actually been grateful for the mirrored elevators that usher me up 43 floors to my office everyday. Usually, I find these mirrored elevators to be a real conundrum. How...
View Articletoo good to be true? kind of.
Making this soup felt a little like cheating. Not A-Rod-style cheating or anything: just too easy. To make it, I chopped up a few vegetables (sad looking ones, at that: a misshapen onion, a droopy...
View Articleeverybody wins
It snowed a few inches on Saturday morning—a real wallop. While Kevin hated it, seeing it as a sign that winter was digging its heels in, I quite liked it. The snow itself was pretty—big, snowglobe...
View Articlesoup, two ways
Soup, I have come to realize, feeds two very different needs. The first is the need to make soup—a craving that’s strongest for me in late fall, when the weather is sliding slowly into winter....
View Articlemost of all, the food
I am no great football fan. I lose interest in the days between the weekly games; I waver in my allegiance to my childhood hometown team and my current hometown team (a transition that amounts to...
View Articlesweet spot of sorts
It’s that time of August when you realize that the end of summer is near, even if you can’t see it—like the moment after you pull the drain-stopper from a sink full of suds, just before the dishwater...
View Articlea piece of me
I cooked what felt like a million things over the weekend, and I’ll eat almost none of them. Instead, the dishes are stashed in my parents’ freezer—a stockpile for my mother’s recovery from back...
View Articlethis month, too
With February upon us and January behind us, I think I can finally bring you a recipe that is truly a beacon of health, without running the risk of appearing to be a New Year’s resolution cliche....
View Articlein it together
This last push before Christmas always gives me a surge of energy. I know that some find it stressful, but I like the crowded stores and the long to-lists and the series of errands. Specifically, I...
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