WHY DIDN’T SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING? Jeez! I finally posted the secret to sourdough starter this summer, and then…I swear I thought I’d posted this follow-up. But I hadn’t. And I realized it today, because I went looking for this post
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This post is either loooong overdue, or exactly on time. People have been asking me for a couple of years now if I would share some wisdom about making homemade sourdough breads and doughs. I can’t honestly remember when I
A few weeks ago, I asked readers over on my Facebook page whether or not anyone would be interested in working with me, one-on-one, to solve some kitchen-based challenges in their lives. I’d been invited to submit an article to
In my first post about preserving summer produce, I mentioned veggie anxiety — that pervasive fear we all seem to suffer from, to one degree or another, when we start to feel as if there’s no possible way to take
The other day, I got a slightly anxious message from my best friend, C.: “You need to call me because I am DROWNING IN PRODUCE.” A phone call later, I was able to easily diagnose C.’s problem. She’s suffering from
You know what’s great? Having wonderful houseguests. You know what stinks? Having wonderful houseguests leave. We recently had the pleasure of opening our guest room (read: totally unswanky ½ of a finished attic, in which we plunked two beds) to
You guys…I’m helping Jamie Oliver. Okay, not DIRECTLY. Jamie himself may not even know I’m alive. But I’m helping the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, which is probably the closest brush I’ll ever have with J.O. himself. I was invited to
As usual, blogger Bettina over at The Lunch Tray got me thinking today with her response to a widely circulated op-ed by the brilliant Mark Bittman. Bittman’s piece makes the impassioned — and well-reasoned, which is unusual when people start
It seems like many people are really responding to hearing about my friend “Babs,” whose family is undergoing a gradual improvement in their eating habits, and for whom I’m offering some support and advice in navigating the process. Although I
Last week I wrote about an old friend (blog code name: “Babs”), who has written to me out of desperation asking for guidance in planning and executing meals for her family. Some readers have expressed curiosity about how things are going