Two dogs left their yard seeking adventure. One came home alive. My friend found his family’s other dog (dead) after an extensive search. I was feeling sad and out of sorts at a hotel in New York City and…
Anne Byrn and I were talking about Hummingbird cake, Red Velvet cake, and that famous Carrot cake from the Silver Palate cookbook as we noshed on a scone. “Holidays preserve what the everyday loses,” she suggested. More frighteningly: “Cakes wouldn’t…
Sticking a piece of bacon in your drink is a great idea if that drink is a Bloody Mary and there’s a stalk of celery and a sprig of rosemary and a cheese-filled olive close by. It’s all very cozy and…