I am a bit of a hothead. My husband is not. He keeps his cool. He even eats cool. He likes dill, a cooling herb which he fondly associates with his German grandmother and her weighs-a-ton potato kugel. Digestive and restorative, dill is a nice source of vitamin A, which you need to keep all…
Green and Saucy – Eating in Season
By Ellen Kanner Posted originally on April, 2014 for The Daily Basics When I was little, my parents took me to see Camelot — they probably couldn’t get a babysitter. I kept falling asleep. But I woke up to Queen Guinevere singing, “The Lusty Month of May.” I didn’t know what lusty meant, but I…
Keep Cool*
I am a bit of a hothead. My husband is not. He keeps his cool. He even eats cool. He likes dill, a cooling herb which he fondly associates with his German grandmother and her weighs-a-ton potato kugel. Digestive and restorative, dill is a nice source of vitamin A, which you need to keep all…
Reader, I Blush
I am abject. I am not the kind to up and disappear. So where the hell have I been? Finishing the manuscript of Feeding the Hungry Ghost, my book due out in January. It has required a fair amount of care and feeding, itself. But it has introduced me to so many wonderful people (and…
