I am not new to pie baking. Rhubarb cream pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate pie, lemon meringue pie, mud pie. I’ve made them all. So I was shocked when my son pointed out that I had never made an apple pie. Shocked. Appalled. Worse, my son didn’t remember ever eating apple pie, mine or otherwise (though … Continue reading In the Field: 19 Pies (Minus 4 Stepped On) Are Better Than 1
Inspiration: Hopscotch
During the pandemic lockdown in L.A., we walked around the neighborhood a lot. I started to notice hopscotch boards: hopscotch boards drawn in chalk, hopscotch boards power-washed onto sidewalks, hopscotch boards on the news. When I keep seeing recurrences of something, I have to think there’s a story there. Actually, there were three. Life Question … Continue reading Inspiration: Hopscotch
Quik Story: B is for Barbed
It got so bad that they took shifts in the kitchen so they wouldn’t have to see each other. He was out of work and Barb was out of her mind, first with the sourdough bread baking, then with the chocolate tempering, and now quilting. There were four quilts spread out in various states of … Continue reading Quik Story: B is for Barbed