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Friday Food Writers: Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd
One of our Thanksgiving dinner guests brought me the most wonderful gift–two gorgeous reprints put out by an amazing press I hadn’t heard of before, Persephone Books in London. According to them, their goal is to publish “forgotten fiction and non-fiction by unjustly neglected authors.” Amen to that. The first of the two books I [...]
I am not alone
Every once in a while, the universe conspires to remind you that no, you are not the only person suffering from whatever frustration ails you. As you all know, my particular frustration is funny and wonderful and red-headed and soon to be five years old. I never feel quite so lame as when I watch [...]
Friday Food Writers: Li-Young Lee
I discovered Li-Young Lee in college, when I was obsessed with his second book The City In Which I Love You, the title poem of which still rings in my head on a regular basis (well, lines from it, anyway). He writes a lot about memory and family and Chinese culture, among other things. He [...]
'Tis the season
I’m in full-on holiday mode these days. If it’s not writing about cookies for the Food Network and Cooking Channel blogs (today it’s macaroons–yay, Hannukah!–and pecan bourbon balls), it’s pondering upcoming festive dinners–Christmas, New Year’s, random dinner parties. You name it, I’m obsessing over the menu for it. It’s cold and rainy outside, but in [...]
WYNC/New York, New York
Once again, I really enjoyed my conversation this morning on WYNC’s Brian Lehrer show–and it didn’t hurt to find out that even Brian Lehrer has a picky eater kid (or that his son, age 12, will now eat asparagus even if he hates to admit he likes it. Perhaps there’s hope for The Cheese-Hater after [...]
Friday Food Writers: Anthony Doerr
Four Seasons in Rome is novelist Anthony Doerr’s account of the year he spent in Rome (on a Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy–jealous, anyone?) with his wife and twin baby boys, trying to write a book, trying to learn Italian, and often, trying to figure out how to get food for his growing [...]
Find your local CSA
I had a great time on Brian Lehrer this morning (you can listen to the audio and find out about next week’s show here). The callers were really interesting and smart, and one of them wanted to know how she can get local produce in Bensonhurst, where she lives (she just moved there from Vermont, [...]
Thursdays with EFB
I just got the exciting news that I’ll be doing a series of four interviews about EFB on the fantastic Brian Lehrer Show on WYNC (New York’s NPR station), every Thursday morning this month at 10:40. If you’re local, please tune in! Each week will cover a different aspect of the book. I adore the [...]
Friday Food Writers: Julia Child and Avis DeVoto
I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of a fantastic new book of letters between Julia Child and Avis DeVoto, the friend and editor who was responsible for shepherding Mastering the Art of French Cooking to a publisher. The two women met when Julia (in what I like to think of as a [...]
Greetings and salutations and news
It has been far, far too long since I posted, for which I apologize. Can I blame it on someone very cute, with a big Elvis pompadour to boot?And can I also mention that he weighs 17 pounds at three months and that means….folks, we have an eater!! In the odd moments when I haven’t [...]
