Pernell
Comfort Me With Beets is hitting the road wherever social distancing is possible and pandemic restrictions permit. This means my new food obsession is figuring out how to cook great … Continue reading Pernell
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The Lonely Hours Before Supper
This essay of mine was previously published in Meat For Tea: The Valley Review in March, 2019. My mother reaches for a small square book with a picture of a … Continue reading The Lonely Hours Before Supper
Why beets? What’s so comforting about them?
Beets weren’t a loved vegetable in our house when I was growing up. They came from a can, their juices staining my mother’s hands. Mom was the only one who’d … Continue reading Why beets? What’s so comforting about them?
Why another food blog?
To write about food and hunger is to write about power and love. MFK Fisher asserted as much in the introduction to her book, The Gastronomical Me. This understanding made … Continue reading Why another food blog?
