Charmed Life
Shout out to my favorite kitchen tool
Can you feel it in the air? Or, rather, can you NOT feel it in the air? I’m talking about the plague of extreme heat and humidity we’ve suffered for the past three months. Lord, how we’ve suffered. But, it appears that this hot and hellacious summer is finally drawing to a close. Sure, we’ll have more…
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/26/10 at 02:18 PM
With information about every possible travel destination you could imagine visiting available in prodigious amounts on the Internet, it’s easy to plan an entire trip from your desk. Surfing among various sites will let you know where you should stay, where you should eat, what you should do—and what several hundred strangers have opined about it all.…
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 07/26/10 at 01:42 PM
So it’s Artscape weekend which naturally means it’s going to be hot as Hades. Here’s two recipes from this week’s NYT: one good for folks with A/C (it involves the oven) and one for folks without (it involves the blender). I mean to try both very soon.
Savory Bread and a super-easy looking (and…
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 07/15/10 at 10:34 AM
As I’ve said in this space before, I am not a baker. This is largely due to my feeling that following directions closely and relaxing and having fun are mutually exclusive. But once each summer, when the blueberries come in, I turn my back on my natural antipathy toward baking and make the recipe for more
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 07/12/10 at 01:21 PM
Ever since I first learned about CSAs—Community Supported Agriculture memberships—I’ve felt guilty for never signing up for one. The idea seems like the perfect win/win: regular folks (i.e. non-farmers) buy a share in a farm and get fresh produce directly from the source. The farmer gets some cash and certainty up front,…
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 06/29/10 at 11:03 AM
Having written about the infamous institution of Yankee Swaps back in December, I thought I’d check back in to report on my experiences at this year’s swap held by the Baltimore Improv Group. It was held late in January, giving everyone plenty of time to recover from the…
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 02/09/10 at 05:46 AM
Anyone who knows me well knows I hate to bake. Just loathe it. Can’t stand measuring. Can’t stand having to be precise. Can’t stand following directions. And, most of all, can’t stand the fact that you really don’t know if a cake or pie will be good until it’s finished and you have no way to improve…
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 12/28/09 at 03:06 PM
I love books, actual books. My father-in-law generously offered to buy me a Kindle for Christmas this year, and I declined, even as my husband accepted and now waits with bated breath for his. So it feels a bit treasonous for me to say that in the past year or so, I have divested myself of almost…
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 12/08/09 at 10:46 AM
“Death of a Salesman” is one of my favorite plays. I know, it’s not original—many people love it. (And many hate it.) To me, it is so quintessentially American, the whole idea that one can reel in suckers and take their money all the while grinning and smiling and spinning convincing yarns. And the idea that some…
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 11/25/09 at 08:07 PM
In the beautiful weather yesterday I took the New York Times out to the deck and plopped down. I picked up the magazine first and planned to read it all the way through like a civilized person. But after reading the day’s installment of the regular column…
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 11/16/09 at 03:08 PM
