Gingerbread Cake
Baby, it’s cold outside. Yesterday was clear and still and freezing, with an impeccable blue sky above. Last night the mercury dropped into the low teens here on… Read More »
Oven Risotto with Sausage and Peppers
Risotto thinks it’s so superior. So delicate, so capricious, so high maintenance. A pretty girl who won’t get dirty. At least, that’s how it always seemed. Served in… Read More »
Bourbon Eggnog Ice Cream
A Christmas syllogism. Major premise: delicious eggnog must come from the carton. Minor premise: my eggnog ice cream is made with milk, heavy cream, sugar, and egg yolks. Conclusion: my eggnog… Read More »
Book Review: The Feast Nearby, Essays and Recipes by Robin Mather
Divorce is not a sacrament. But perhaps it should be. It is a non-compulsory rite of passage and a period of transformation, if you let it. It is… Read More »
The From Away 2011 Holiday Cocktail Collection
I went wassailing up and down the hedgerows of the internet to find a few thrilling cocktails, temperance punches, and warm mugs of festive delight to share with you this… Read More »
Homemade Hostess Sno Balls
Oh, the weather outside is…weather. There is not exactly a Jack Frost nip in the air; in Maine this week it’s fifty degrees and drizzly. Strange, but not… Read More »
The Old Port Sea Grill
The Old Port Sea Grill makes me wish, just for a moment, that I worked in a bank. That I wore serious suits and wept the contents of my… Read More »
