The election was a little bit like hearing your friend got run over by a truck. There was no diagnosis and long soft slide into illness. One minute you were planning a vacation together…
This time of year my mind wanders in meetings and at book talks and it always goes to the same place every single time. Recipes. It’s Thanksgiving and I start to fantasize about a new…
After a long messy run of travel I got home last night and all I could think about was getting my hands in some flour. This time of year we tend toward cravings for nutmeg…
I love Thanksgiving. I love the idea of a holiday centered around being thankful. I love cooking old foods that we have cooked a hundred times before. I love making the tacky dessert my mom…
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love to cook and there is something especially wonderful about a long weekend dedicated to cooking old family recipes where a whole family’s traditions are summed up…
It is November and in November it rains a lot and snows a little in Vermont. It rains quite a lot actually. And the wind blows. All of that snow we get over the next…