Category Archives: Kitchen Confidential

Hail the Humble Frittata

Posted on January 19, 2013

No matter how fancy I try to get in the kitchen, in the end I am what used to be called “a good plain cook.” But I must admit, I’m pretty adept at whipping up comfort food, particularly at this … Continue reading →

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My Life in Cook Books

Posted on January 6, 2013

My obsession with cook books started with this little volume: I guess it caught my eye because it looked like fun. And it was. The Betty Crocker Party Book was a 60s classic, filled with recipes for party foods and … Continue reading →

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Pen Pals

Posted on October 1, 2012

I have been reading with great delight As Always, Julia, a collection of letters between Julia Child and Avis DeVoto. DeVoto’s husband was a journalist who’d written a piece in Harper’s which included a rant about the lack of good … Continue reading →

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Autumn’s Bounty

Posted on September 24, 2011

Fall has officially arrived, though you wouldn’t know it here in Jersey, where it’s the opposite of crisp and cool–more like soggy and muggy. But a little humidity won’t get in the way of my favorite Saturday morning activity, a … Continue reading →

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Cool Beans

Posted on July 30, 2011

If it’s as hot where you are as I am these days (on one memorable day last week, it hit 108° here in Jersey. No kidding.) you’re probably doing a lot of grilling. In my house, any grilled piece of … Continue reading →

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If It’s Fifty Degrees. . .

Posted on April 9, 2011

It’s warm enough to grill pizza. Throw on an old sweatshirt and get out there!  I made my first batch this week: Grilled pizza, with its bubbly, puffy, charred-in-places crust makes even the most pedestrian ingredients (pre-made pizza dough, grocery store … Continue reading →

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Comfort Food

Posted on March 16, 2011

                                                                                                 In my first novel, my main character Bea is “between men” as she puts it, happily single, and finds solace in cooking–maybe too much. Her cousin and a friend imply that perhaps food has become a substitute for other … Continue reading →

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Something Cooking

Posted on December 18, 2010

One recent morning I awoke in the dark, pre-dawn chill of my room and squinted at the blue numerals on my clock that read 4:50. Instead of turning over for that extra hour of sleep, I blinked, shook my head, … Continue reading →

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