I can’t remember a new year with such a collective question mark around it. What will we make of this ‘uncertain’ year? I feel the need to embrace the culinary marvels of cultures and climates that bring so much to our plates that we can’t provide … [Read more...]
Finding time in the festive season
[This is one in a series of Crumbs on the Table columns published in Cambridge Magazine. It includes recipes for a lightly curried Salmon Egg Gratin that's a do-ahead boon for lunch, brunch, dinner or as part of a holiday buffet; plus a whimsical … [Read more...]
Best Food Writing 2016
I've loved the wonderful Best Food Writing series for years, and am delighted that my story, "Moving Kitchen", is included in the 2016 edition, published today. Edited by Holly Hughes in the US, this year's anthology includes contributions from … [Read more...]
November magic
[This was the first in a series of Crumbs on the Table columns published in Cambridge Magazine. It includes three recipes for a homely yet special autumn feast in sympathy with the season: woodsy mixed mushrooms on garlic toasts, fit for a king or … [Read more...]
In Tomato Fields
September in southern New Jersey is invariably hot and humid, the remnants of August’s dog days hanging on, tenacious and ornery. It is the time when the tomato fields that bordered our house in rural Mickleton began to take on the smell of … [Read more...]
Fried green tomatoes in England
My article, "In Tomato Fields", tells the story of the 'Jersey tomato' in its heyday, during the years when my sisters and I were growing up surrounded by fields of them. It relates how the collective memory of those who loved it and lamented its … [Read more...]
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