by Lise Funderburg | Jun 10, 2009 | Lay of the land, THRIFT
My recent sighting of the Pik-n-Pig’s portable BBQ Kingdom was clearly a sign of things to come. Turns out my supercool stepson Jason just bought a 17-foot-long trailer, and this is what he’s going to build on it (in the heat of the Arizona summer, not...
by Lise Funderburg | May 27, 2009 | Food, Word Up
Left Philly at 5:15 yesterday morning to make it to Southern Pines, NC, in time for a 4 pm reading at the Country Book Shop. This is my week for touring NC with the paperback of Pig Candy, and I’m concentrated in the Triangle Area of Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill...
by Lise Funderburg | May 22, 2009 | Lay of the land
Tomorrow’s my 6th annual Divide & Conquer Driveway Plant Sale (9 am until the last hosta has made haste), and following the established philosophy of “No Seedling Left Behind,” I’m up to approximately 513 plants (see right). I’m sure...
by Lise Funderburg | May 17, 2009 | Food
Pretty much every year, I’ve made my niece Phoebe’s birthday cake. Usually, there’s a lot of pre-baking deliberation — of Talmudic scholar proportions — about themes, flavors, decorative elements, etc. For many years, the cakes had to be...
by Lise Funderburg | May 12, 2009 | Word Up
Pig Candy is officially out in paperback today! Please pick up a copy this week for everyone you know, want to know, or have ever heard of. “Candid and moving.” –Edwidge Danticat “Perfectly plotted.” –Kirkus Reviews “A...