Weekend Snaps
[Sun at Limantour, November 2007] Today is a day heavy on the coffee because I woke up early this morning to talk to NPR a …
All Hallows
Round about the cauldron go;In the poison’d entrails throwToad, that under cold stoneDays and nights has thirty-oneSwelter’d venom sleeping got,Boil thou first i’ the charmed …
We Should All Eat More Cake
Shouldn’t we? For it is comfort and light and sweetness and heft all wrapped up tidily (or messily, depending on preference) into a delicious-smelling packet. …
October in the City
Green afternoon serene and bright, along my street you sail awaySun-dappled like a ship of light that glints upon a rippled bay …And all those …
Challah’s Back!
The holidays have come and gone, and a half-loaf of my challah bread remains, frozen solid for consumption as French toast some weekend morning. Anyway, …
Food for the Times
[Banana loaf, September 2007] Six years ago the world collapsed and turned into itself, and nothing has been the same since. Can it really be …
An Apple Pie Kind of Day
Nicole’s Apple Pies Originally uploaded by pixelrandy Today seems like a day John Steinbeck would have loved — it is cloudy with drifting fog and …
A Very Plummy Dessert
[The table, set for eight] Saturday morning dawned early and grey, and I ran out for a bit into the gloom for breakfast, the paper, …
When Life Hands You Cherries …
[Upside-down cherry cake, May 2007] I’ll just get this out of the way: I love cheese. Love, love, love it. I like a thin slice …
Orange You Lovely
Though the Academy Awards were a bit dull this year (this year?), their occurrence was nonetheless a nice way to pass an early Sunday evening. …