I am in a sporadically meeting book club. And my preparation seems to be somewhat sporadic as well. Some months I read the allotted port...

Were we talking about comfort food ? Well, the conversation cannot conclude until we mention potatoes. I mean really — who are we kiddin...

For the record, I am a big fan a brown rice. Nubby, healthy, delicious. It's my weeknight staple. But I also love love LOVE white ri...

There's the hackneyed (and true) saying that defines insanity as doing the same thing and expecting a different result. And yet. I s...

Oh, Hanukkah gelt. These foil-wrapped chocolate coins, required holiday noshing for Jewish children, are, so often, waxy and nasty. Like...

Prior to this year, I had eaten exactly one persimmon in my life. One. And the past few weeks? I've been averaging one every other d...

I've been trying to make my peace with the coming winter. The shortening days, the rain, the wind, the farewell to reading in the ba...