Today is a day for slow-roasting tomatoes and daydreaming about the new year. It's sort of a meaningless mile marker, cynics have observed. The calendar is a human construct. Years don't have character. 2020 bears us no malice; nothing cosmic or karmic shifts on January 1st, 2021. But we construct things like calendars because they're … Continue reading Time and Tomatoes
Category: Food
Snow Day
First of all, it's cold out, so you're gonna want hot coffee. Specifically, you're gonna want hot coffee, cinnamon-infused maple syrup, and whipped cream. Homemade whipped cream is best, obviously, but it's first thing in the morning, I haven't had any coffee yet, and it's a snow day: the can will do just fine. If … Continue reading Snow Day
There Once Was a Pie from Nantucket
My friend Megan brought this pie to the first Friendsgiving Dinner we hosted in our Chicago apartment when I was in law school. "I'm making my mom's cranberry-nut pie!" she told me, and I said, "Great!" and then got off the phone and said to Bill, "Cranberry-nut pie? I think I should probably make a … Continue reading There Once Was a Pie from Nantucket