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 that this...
Dispatches: Day One & the Pik-n-Pig
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 and...
Divide & Conquer, 513 Perennials at a Time
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 I dug up more from my garden...
World Peace Meets Bling (in a cake)
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 half-chocolate and...
P-Day! (Pig Candy paperback release day)
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 wonderful book." --Daniel Mendelsohn "How did...