A Tale of Two Gadgets
I’ve written so much about kitchen gadgets that I always find myself surprised when I find new ones to talk about, or new things to say about them. In the past, I’ve mostly compared the virtues of good...
View ArticleThe Devil Is in the Details
They’re one of the all-time cliché potluck contributions — deviled eggs. But the convergence of a party invitation from our neighbors Chris & Glennis’ with a surplus of eggs from our 20-some-odd...
View ArticleBeautiful Simplicity
At times, I can be an elaborate cook — crafting complicated objets d’art composed of long simmered reductions, leaves blanched to ultimate greenness or fried to lacy crispness, powders of brilliant red...
View ArticleNaomi’s Blown Eggs
“Why don’t you do a post about me?” 10-year-old Naomi Schneider said, gazing over my shoulder as I showed her various posts about her father and mother. “Why would I do a post about you?” I answered....
View ArticleKinley’s Egg
My 4-year-old daughter Imogen had her 4-year-old pal, Kinley, over to play the other day. They were outside enjoying themselves, when Kinley approached me sheepishly. “Sean,” she said, “Can we go get...
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A wet and drizzly morning of the sort we’ve been having lately, the usually dry stream that crosses our property burbling happily, the canyon veiled in gray and exploding in every shade of green,...
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