Soup Season

My grandmother has (had) a freezer full of Schwann’s food she will not eat; cuts of meat, frozen vegetables, chocolate pies. This was Leonard’s food, but he isn’t going to enjoy digest these meats from heaven. So, we have been. Little by little at...

Recipe: Red Wine Poached Pears

Ingredients: 6 ripe pears, cored 1 cup red wine — pinot noir, or something fruity 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons butter Directions: Place cored pears in a baking dish. In a sauce pan, whisk sugar and wine, until dissolved. Add butter, mixing thoroughly. Pour over...

Falling into Place

Lease signed. Utilities turned on. Truck en route from New Jersey to Arizona, brimming with our belongings. I do believe this calls for some celebratory guacamole. (When doesn’t life call for celebratory guacamole?) Along with grilled veggies, slabs of peppered...

Paleo

D and I are going paleo. This is the first week, and I would lick this computer screen if I thought it would give me the tiniest hit of sugar. Or a bump of booze. Or just a tiny crunch of foods I’ve never even craved before — like salt and vinegar potato...