Sage Trifle

I AM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE unrelenting heat wave that has us in its grip. I am not going to talk about living in an older, un-air...

WE HAVE BEEN ON A BIG STIR-FRY KICK for a few weeks. The frigid weather seems to have cleared out, yet I am afraid to think we are ha...

WHEN THE WEATHER IS CHILLY, GRAY, AND DAMP, I often want to eat something breakfasty. I started using the word, breakfasty, several yea...

EARLIER TODAY, WE HAD A POWER OUTAGE. I have no idea why--the weather is beautiful and perfect. I thought of the day when Alice was p...

FRESH HOMEMADE ONION RINGS seem like such a delicacy at our house, a rare and special pleasure. The arrival of the summer's Vidalia...

CAN YOU BELIEVE I had never eaten risotto until a couple of weeks ago? A notable lapse in my gustatory experiences and pleasures.  Altho...

FOR A RECENT LADIES LUNCH, I was asked to bring a salad. People often ask me to bring the salad because they know I will actually make a ...

THERE ARE FEW THINGS about French Onion Soup. One of the things is the cheese. How many times have I seen French Onion Soup filled to t...