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Just pulled my second batch of cranberry/orange/walnut bread out of the oven. For 20 years I have made James Beard’s...

I LOVE Ina Garten. When the Barefoot Contessa was open, it was my very favorite shop in East Hampton. The shop has been closed for...

Just finished acclaimed chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s magnificent memoir “Blood, Bones & Butter.” In unflinching...

This blog is about my business, but there are some personal experiences that I want to share with you. I spent the past 5 days with...

Son Patrick is 19 and a sophomore at Denison University in Granville Ohio, my alma mater. At 6′ 1″, 210 pounds, he is a...

You haven’t heard from me in a while and this is why. On November 10, my mother’s 87 year old bachelor brother, my...

Willy is my dog, and he died last night. I am not a dog person, but I feel compelled to write about him. We got Willy when my boys...

I want to tell you about an amazing group of women that I have been spending time with lately. We are the “Creative...