Of course I can’t write about soup in June without giving the giant disclaimer that it’s felt like March around here. I’ve talked to lots of people this week who report feeling low. I think we’ve been teased–a few great days in May, getting our hopes up for summer, then sucker-punched with this constant, COLD [...]

This is the kind of lunch that gives leftovers a good name. I’d never open the front door, drop my purse on the floor, hang up the kids’coats, and make this from scratch. (Okay. Maybe I would, but don’t have me committed.) But if you happen to have a melange of roasted leeks, onions, and [...]

Have I told you about my thing for white, caloric dips? Give me a tub of spinach dip from your average supermarket deli and don’t expect to hear from me for an hour. Weight Watchers calls these “red light” foods, apparently. Meaning, stop and think before you eat them. One bite can send you over [...]

Here’s the recipe I’ve been using for pizza dough the last several months.  What I’m blessing you with today (am I immodest or what?) are some new discoveries that will make it even more perfect.
Around here, it’s well-known that Yancey’s dough always turns out better than mine.  Our routine is that he makes the dough; [...]

I could go on about French Onion Soup.  How my mom makes her own beef broth and puts every other French Onion Soup to shame, how Yancey can eat gallons of it,  how disappointing restaurant versions often are.
Before that, though, poetry.  It’s been awhile since I’ve inflicted poetry on you.  Too long, actually.  I discovered [...]