One of my favorite books of 2011 was Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, a food memoir written by Gabrielle Hamilton (second from right). When publicity first surfaced that Gabrielle was coming to town for Sauce Magazine's Celebrity Chef Series (presented in partnership with Left Bank Books), my friend Mary…
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Is the novelty wearing thin?
A couple of weeks ago I had an email from a reader who lives in the 4400 block of McPherson asking if I had any ideas for spring planting, since the wild turkeys that have occupied so many of my recent posts had eaten the blossoms right off her pansies and violas, and attacked her…
Three days in New York
We stole away to NYC for a few days last week, primarily to see a play written by Jim's cousin, Cate Ryan, performed by the Negro Ensemble Company. On the ride into the city we came across a movie production, or another episode of "Law and Order"??, being shot on a midtown street. The…