Prepare for gushing, fan-girling, and mad props! This is the most common sense, effective, simply glorious non-diet diet book I’ve ever read! There, I’ve said it. Now, you need to understand I’m pretty well-versed in dietary lore. I’ve flirted with the likes of Pritikin, Atkins, and–Lord, help me–Suzanne Somers. I’ve sweat to the oldies, boogied …
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Before it’s even time to thaw the turkey, I find myself bombarded with images of Christmas. My daughter wants to skip Thanksgiving altogether and get on to the eggnog days. She is a fool for eggnog. I have to disguise it in the fridge so I can get a cup in edgewise. Now, don’t get …
The tailwinds of Hurricane Nate whistle through the trees this morning, providing a rhythm section to birdsong and punctuated by the cymbal shriek of our guineafowl and the deep baritone bray of Jack the Ass. Aside from a forgotten wind chime, spread-eagle on the grass, all is as it should be on the farm. …
Why, oh why, have I never thought of this before? I’ve spent the last 23 years of my life cooking for a bevy of, shall we say eccentric, eaters. Pretty much the only food all four of my kids like is the ubiquitous chicken finger. Everything else is just a sideshow of “Who does …
Sometimes, you just need a buttery homemade biscuit. Whomp biscuits, even the “good” kind, simply won’t do. You know what a whomp biscuit is, don’t you? It comes in a can and you whomp it against the countertop to open it up and plop those molded lumps of dough on the pan. 12 minutes or so …
