VA Book Festival Bound

Tomorrow I head down to Charlottesville for the 15th annual Virgina Festival of the Book (March 18-22). It can be hard, as an author, to be “on” for hours at a time (I participated in an author brunch recently that was like speed dating — every ten...

BYE BYE BAMBI

Sebastian, John, and Claudia take the Sawzall to a second deer, donated to the at-home charcuterians by a local bow-hunting club that culls the population in Philadelphia area parks.

TOMATO TOAST

THE DAILY SPECIAL: Tomatoes from Triangulation Farm (the community garden plot Margaret, John, and I took on this year) topping off toasted slices of Metropolitan Bakery’s multigrain sourdough…slathered with butter and mayo and fresh-ground pepper…and –...

THINK GLOBALLY, EAT LOCALLY: An Introduction

As you’ll see on this blog, a recurring theme in my writing is food, glorious food. Certainly my latest book, Pig Candy, enlists food in its storytelling, but food as metaphor and subject also comes up in an essay about love; in a profile of chef Marcus...