Tag Archives: food
Really Good French Onion Soup — Introducing Margaret and Henry
Tuscan Lamb with Parsley – Fear and Sighing in Olympia
My wife and I lived in Olympia, Washington for two years when she was assigned to work with the state’s public health department. There were other cities available to her – in California, New Mexico, and somewhere in the Midwest – but we chose Olympia, knowing in advance that it had the sort of rainy, dreary, soul-crushing climate that might wring the very last milligram of joy from your being.
Revelation near St. Joe, Missouri – Traditional Fried Corn Meal Mush
We’re all familiar with certain conversations that become confused, entangled, sidetracked, or completely derailed – for good or ill – due to one reason or another: a sudden burst of wit, a defensive attitude, a reliance on irony as a way to put a spin on an idea, or just plain mean old ugliness […]
High and Heady Taos, New Mexico – Best-ever Southwest Black Bean Soup
Introducing ‘Journeys over a Hot Stove’
Most of my adult life I’ve had itchy feet. Hydrocortisone cream helps a little, but the only real salve was to hit the road to see what’s out there. Having been raised in the east, this meant going west and avoiding interstates whenever possible, taking smaller roads to see what the next town looked […]