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Last month a 14-month-old baby was crushed by his father for crying. He was squeezed until the ends of his ribs poked out his back. No one in the extended family “noticed.”
I was utterly floored, especially when I recalled that a similar horror happened a year ago in the same location. Continue Reading
Yesterday I finally picked what I hope may be the last of the redcurrants.
My little patch is tremendously rewarding, although it contains fewer than 10 plants.
The first picking, a week ago, yielded enough for 15 jars of beautiful jelly, and yesterday’s picking was more than a gallon – so another 20-30 jars.
Redcurrants are perfectly hardy here, and may be increased by Continue Reading
“You can leave out the butter if you want – but you’ll be sorry.”
A series of boringly complicated events burst upon me, and I was deeply grateful that Jacques and Julia were there, on screen, chipping off each other, the ideal father and mother, sparring good-naturedly, exploring variations, creating “architectural cooking,” diving into the new way of doing a turkey.
What kind Continue Reading
In the old days it was called shooting oneself in the foot. I don’t know what the current usage is, but the idiom still works in any case.
I am not a professional restaurant critic, thank goodness. However, I frequent restaurants, and I have some preferences along the lines of eptness.
Roy Blount Jr. has a wonderful book out that I recommend to anyone who writes or who enjoys the peculiarities of language. “Alphabet Juice” is a soaring and krinkley dance among the syllables and the ways they may be strung together.
Perhaps it is necessary to reach “a certain age” for nostalgia to be openly allowed. Unrelated to the soupiness often found this time of year, I find myself with a faulty yearning for a way of life we will never again experience.
Roy Blount Jr. has a wonderful book out, “Alphabet Juice,” that I recommend to anyone who writes or who enjoys the peculiarities of language. It is a soaring and crinkling dance among the syllables and the ways they may be strung together. Continue Reading
This time of the year is poignant for many reasons, but a favorite for the shocking suddenness of change – from green to red and gold, from growth to death. It is also a time that is trying for anyone who enjoys pheasant, duck, venison.
Lemonade Chronicles is a blog written by Jackie Alfonso, a local writer who is deeply concerned about food … and other issues.