From the monthly archives: July 2009

The Glen, and the Answer Man

By On July 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

We’ve been traveling and had a wonderful time in the US Virgin Islands, attending our friends’ wedding and spending a lot of time with other friends, as well as snorkeling, ocean kayaking, hiking, and swimming.

Today we made it to the Glen Workshop in one piece, surprisingly, and have been thoroughly enjoying ourselves already, reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones!

Lastly, Paste published my review of The Answer Man.

Santa Fe is beautiful!

 

Puddle jumping

By On July 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Obviously I am a sporadic binge blogger.

In any case, I feel beholden to inform you that it’s unlikely I’ll be blogging much at all the next two weeks. Early next week, we’re traveling to the Virgin Islands for the wedding of two lovely friends, then heading straight to Santa Fe for the Glen Workshop. We’ll be back at the beginning of August, but limited Internet time combined with many more interesting things to do and people to enjoy than reasons to sit in front of the computer means I likely will not blog much.

On the other hand, my iPhone has a WordPress app. So, you never know.

 

A Homemade Life

By On July 10, 2009 · 1 Comment

Mary Hawthorne at the New Yorker‘s “Book Bench” blog talked a little today about Molly Wizenberg’s A Homemade Life.

Wizenberg, of course, is the author of the highly-acclaimed food blog Orangette, which boasts great recipes and food photography – two of my very favorite things. And incidentally, I bought A Homemade Life a month and a half ago, but only got around to reading it on Tuesday. I don’t really read food memoirs, but this was a good read. I finished it in an evening – it reads fast if you don’t stop to read all the recipes, too – and though some of it’s the kind of food I’ll never really make (much heavier on baking and creamy things than I am) it was a sweet homage to Wizenberg’s family, especially her father, who died of cancer, her mother, and her beloved husband, as well as numerous cities she’s lived in.

That’s the very best kind of food book, with a good heart and no real agenda. It would make a fabulous gift for the cook (or eater) in your life.