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...

THE GIFT FOR THRIFT: An Introduction

My first memory, age 4, is of where I was when JFK was shot: in a thrift store (the still-extant Hamper Shop of Lankenau Hospital, to be precise). It was the perfect place for my budget-conscious mom to find clothes for her three girls, including fancy dresses and...