“If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe and Aloysius in a good temper…” Evelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisited It’s been awhile since I’ve compiled a list of favorites. This summer has been extra hot and extra humid, and that part of it I won’t miss. But the …
If you’re looking for light recipes for a January detox, check out my January recipes board on Pinterest. It’s been a whirlwind of activity around here during the last week. We are still recovering from our biggest party of the year. Seven years ago, Dan and I began hosting a New Year’s Day brunch. It …
“November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.” –Emily Dickinson in a letter to Elizabeth Holland Reading: This essay from Michael Chabon on Thanksgiving is perhaps the best thing I’ve ever read about the holiday. It appeared in Bon Appetit a couple of years ago, and I’m making it an annual read. Also, …
Appetite was accompanied by emotional salivation, proving that food for the body and the spirit are closely allied in the sediment of travel… Nicolas Bouvier, The Way of the World, translated by Robyn Marsack I don’t have much to say this week. Dan is at a conference in Las Vegas, and I came along with …
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Listening: Have you listened to Serial yet? It’s every bit as compelling as you’d expect longform true crime reporting from This American Life’s Sarah Koenig to be. Speaking of longform journalism and podcasts, the Longform podcast is …