'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 [...]
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 [...]
A happy new year
Happy 2010! My year got off to an exciting start when my editor emailed me yesterday to say that Eating for Beginners was just put on Publisher’s Weekly’s list of “10 Most Exciting Food Books of 2010″. Considering the fact that no one (aside from me, my agent, above-mentioned editor and a few select friends [...]
Before Thanksgiving
We’re very excited about Thanksgiving around here and will be contributing pecan pie, a staple of my childhood Thanksgivings, to the dinner we’re going to at my sister-in-law’s house. The Cheese-Hater, I suspect, has already determined that it will be a happy, chaotic event with no cheese on the menu and various children in attendance—precisely [...]
