The worst summer job I had as a teenager was as a "roller girl" at a small peach-packing plant in rural south Jersey. It made a change from waitressing, but it was hellishly hot, hard labour, and we girls of the rollers were constantly covered in … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
Late-summer recipes
Skip to recipes The dog days are passed, but we hope for one or two last barks. We know it’s coming, but we’re not yet ready to hand over to autumn. No need, just yet, for summer’s exuberance is still here in the late-summer harvest that is … [Read more...]
Cherries sour, cherries sweet
I have a thing for sour cherries. To my mind, the Morello cherry beats every sweet cherry going when it comes to something cooked. I spent teen-aged summers picking them from ladders in southern New Jersey orchards where tall trees flourished, and … [Read more...]
Moving kitchen
We are helping our parents to move house after forty years -- New Jersey to North Carolina. We are down to the wire, the moving van scheduled for two days’ time after months of planning. My share in this project has been small: two flying visits. … [Read more...]