Six years ago, the snowiest coldest night. Our midwife, Kathy, came down from her house on top of the mountain, and we waited. And the snow stopped, and at four in the morning, Joey and I went out for a walk. It was just a yard walk, and the next day, we would see the…
Archives for February 2011
chocolate meringue pie
I’m feeling a new dream creeping in, one more exciting future to think about. Oh yeah. Time to open a pie shop. And while I might carry the token fruit pie to make people (and my husband) happy, I’m thinking we’re all about cream and meringue pies around here. It’s the reaction, the pure joy…
turkish breakfast, revisited
The other day I was at work, and a woman came in and ordered breakfast. She had her New York Times with her, and she knew exactly what she wanted.Half a baguette, toasted, with butter. And a few slices of gruyere, topped with a an equal number of slices of prosciutto. And four or five…
on civic participation
Oh New England.This week we had a town meeting, and it was the first meeting that I have attended that I have sat up on the stage of the high school auditorium with a little nameplate in front of me. It was a special town meeting, not the regular annual meeting in May, and there…
sweet irish oatmeal
But I wouldn’t want you to think that oatmeal was the fallback, the “Oh well, none of my fancy desserts turned out, so I guess I’ll just write about boring old oatmeal again–maybe no one will notice as long as I photograph my trusty orange Le Creuset” kind of post. Because there is nothing boring…