If you have been having a hard time cutting Big Macs out of your life, consider trying to fake yourself out with one of these… The resemblance is uncanny. The taste is beyond compare. Trust me—I am not a health nut—several months ago I wouldn’t go near an eggplant because I thought they looked more […]
Category: Yeast Breads
Pane Toscano Scuro
I’m in the mood to create a Minnesota version of Pennies From Heaven. Every time it snows, it snows pennies from heaven. This song has always been able to put me into a shimmering state of mind. You’ll find your fortune falling all over town/ Be sure that your umbrella is upside down! Trade them […]
Pane di Terni as ACLS Mannequin
The holidays are the perfect time to review basic CPR. It’s a matter of statistics, more people eating and laughing simultaneously means a greater likelihood that someone will inhale a melon ball or a hunk of pie and go down next to the Thanksgiving buffet. If you are the one in the family who is […]
Pane Sciocco
“What does it mean?” is entirely the wrong question to ask of poem. It would be just as silly to ask of a grapefruit, “What do you plan to study in college?” Grapefruits don’t go to college; poems are not written to mean something. This is a particular peeve of mine. Poetry serves a myriad […]
Pane All’Olio
Maybe Robert Plant will want to come sing with me, I could be his next Alison Krause. I just can’t quite land after the high of singing all last weekend with the band. Our final gig was in the Rochester Art Center and a professional videographer took really sweet pics/film of us playing against the […]
Pane di Como Antico
God Bless the Child who’s got his own. Mm. I think I might have made Lady Day proud with the recording we laid down last night of her signature song. It was like a dream. One take; nailed it. After the radio silence, the saxophone player from Boston looked at me through the studio glass […]
Kolache with Cream Cheese and Currants
This really could be the perfect weekend. It began with a bouquet of my favorite smells—which in itself was the undoing of what had been a slow passing of my least favorite smell: Izzy’s dumping her displeasure thrice around the house (once in my favorite grey suede boot!) to let us know she does not […]
Whole-Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits
So excited to be in Oakland, California this weekend to bear witness to and bestow blessings upon the wedding of my brother-in-law and his bride. As she harkens from South Carolina, the whole mood of the proceedings is warm and syrupy. With this new family, and my beloved in-laws, I feel like I’ve found a […]
Pane di Como ala Freud
One reason I enjoy psychiatry so much is because my poetic sensibility makes me a natural at the Freud game. I have no problem finding associations to fit Freudian slips. Latest case being the attempt at this recipe. I “accidentally” made it into a double-triple batch because I “misread the instructions.” While spending the extra […]
Slow Cooker Bread– Psych.
My bulldog is exhibiting signs of regression, and I’m wondering how much of this has to do with me. She chewed up KP’s ultra-marathon hat this week and ate a package of Post-It notes that were sitting next to my psychiatry study books. Usually stoic, Izzy has been whimpering and licking my face like a […]