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