Check out this new Q&A with the esteemed indie bookseller, Powell's. When I was at Reed College, in Portland, OR, Powell's was my bookstore. Even then, so many moons (and decades) ago, it was a treasure trove for booklovers. Still is. The wacky questions posed...
Porkapalooza Redux
When Pig Candy came out last May, of course John roasted a pig for me...and 150 of our closest 6th Borough buds. To further celebrate the book's release, our poet/chef friend Sebastian (author of To the Bone) made collards, my mom's neighbor Jim made strawberry...
Win a free copy of Pig Candy!
In a shameless effort to gin up traffic for my life in a cyber-nutshell blog, the 1st, 10th, and 20th person to leave a comment anywhere on the site (I'm not talking offers for "grannyporn" or "kim kardashian nude"), will get an autographed copy of the new Pig Candy...
This Just In: West County’s new crop of ciders
Artisanal cidermakers Terry and Judith Maloney are just starting to bottle their latest batches of hard cider, and we were lucky enough to get this early sample pack. So far we've only broken into the Kingston Black, a wild-yeast cider that John (resident cidermaker...
No-seedling-left-behind Update
Like every gardener I know at this time of the year, if I'm not actually gardening, I'm out in the yard with the micrometer, measuring hourly growth here in Zone 7. But today (when I've done enough writing to have earned it) will be the day for potting up sunflower...