Jesus, it is said, made wine from water and fashioned loaves and fishes from thin air. The rest of us must acquire foodstuff by more conventional means. But being Earth Month and all, I’m hoping miracles are on the menu. I did not wake up on Earth Day feeling the presence of miracles, I woke…
Talking With Your Mouth Full
The Common Threads kids worked pasta dough by hand, raising clouds of flour. They cranked the dough through the pasta maker, catching waves of fresh-cut fettucini emerging from the other end. They grated a blizzard of Parmesan as the sauce Bolognaise simmered. and would have kept going had they not worked a significant block of…
The Gift of Food
For my father, it was a ding dong. Vegan and fancified with a swoosh of mulberry coulis, it was actually far beyond your packaged ding dong but it was deeply chocolate cake with a creamy center and a vivid, Proustian reminder of the pleasure of childhood. It was a gift of sorts, for eating…
Of Cabbages and Kings
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of Shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of Cabbages — and kings — And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.” Lewis Carroll — “The Walrus and the Carpenter” We may get to the winged pigs,…
Guided by Voices
Joan of Arc heard voices instructing her to save France. My voices say, Go the shoe store. Bake a cake. Less noble commands, perhaps, but easier to accomplish and less likely to result in getting burned at the stake. I don’t usually hear let alone obey disembodied voices, but when the call came on Saturday,…
The Zucchini Song
Behold this 14-inch zucchini, a gift of nature in my community farm share box. What to do with a sizable squash? Um, make zucchini bread?
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