– For the Ring family A few sips of digestif balance the richness prepare the body for rest.
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Amaro di Ginone
Posted in Cooking/Food & Wine, Florence, Music/Song, Travel on December 26, 2022 | 3 Comments »
If we could have spoken tonight
Posted in Cooking/Food & Wine, Falling in Love, Flowers, Reminiscences, Young Love on May 11, 2015 | 2 Comments »
I’d have told you that I spread honey, then sprinkled cumin and the lightest dusting of cinnamon and chili oil on cod filets tonight. To finish, I squeezed fresh limes instead of lemon. The kitchen smelled like your fingers after you made me come describing our scents.
Bernie Weiss’ Soup
Posted in Cooking/Food & Wine, Men, Relationships, Reminiscences on September 28, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Every autumn, as the shocking color of orange drenches store shelves and windows, bags of candy nestle side by side with back-to-school supplies, I switch gears to fall menus. I pull out my recipes for chili and stews and whatever else will simmer all day in the slow cooker that has been empty since last […]
Potato Chip Cookies
Posted in Cooking/Food & Wine, Idiosyncracies, Motherhood, Relationships on July 28, 2013 | 1 Comment »
The quarter sheet of paper, torn edges and now slightly gray, hosts a recipe written in the small and deliberate cursive of my first adult self. Five ingredients, simple directions. The paper doesn’t identify the source of the recipe. Nor does it disclose that I’ve made the cookies maybe three or four times total, since […]