The Writing Closet

There wasn’t a reason for me to learn how to make soda bread.  Being married to a Dubliner who’s also a cook, I live in a world where fresh...

Today I’m writing about lentils & disappointment. Both get stronger if you let them sit a while, but maybe not in the way you expect.  ...

Warming the bowls. I’m cooking chicken noodle laksa this week, & thinking about people who tell other people to shut up. In ...

Plenty of garlic! This week I learned how to make garlic & cheese scones, then wrote to the Electoral College.  Both were a little ...

Let's get cooking. This week, I continue my learning-to-cook adventure here, but first, I want to comment on the US election....

My mother, who’ll be 93 this month, said life began for her at 60 , possibly because her youngest turned 18 that year.  Her mother passed...