It’s 8:27 p.m. the night before Thanksgiving. My husband is peeling sweet potatoes and my feet are throbbing from standing up in the kitchen for hours. I hope I’m not speaking too soon in saying we’re in good shape for tomorrow. Here’s what’s on the menu for my very first Thanksgiving as chef: Fresh young…
Baking bread
Few things evoke a more universally positive reaction than the smell of baking bread. It hits humans somewhere very basic and instinctual, comforting us. As anyone who reads this site and/or follows me on Twitter/Facebook knows, I’ve been on a bit of a baking kick lately. I’ve tried basic French bread, honey whole wheat, and…
Sweet Juniper on the Automakers Bailout
From one of my favorite blogs, SweetJuniper.com: I do see this economic climate as an opportunity for change. It is a chance for us all to step back and think about where the things we buy are made, and all of what that means. It is a chance to accept that much of what we…
Celebration
This is a photo of the front door of our building this morning. I think our neighbors are excited, for some reason. We stayed up to watch the big speech, in part because it was too hard to sleep with the excitement and the honking, shouting and other loud expressions of joy outside our apartment….